Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of New Richmond works elsewhere
Only 5% work in New Richmond; the top destination outside it is Cincinnati (21%, 17 miles). New Richmond has 558 jobs, and 1,253 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn New Richmond B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from New Richmond
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in New Richmond
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Richmond is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #478 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds New Richmond’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Richmond could be anywhere from C to A.
Jobs in New Richmond: what the 558 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Richmond, 2014 → 2024: 543 → 558. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
New Richmond quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,191 residents head out to work, 62 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in New Richmond on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of New Richmond: the destinations
Where New Richmond clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from New Richmond takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Richmond workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 918 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region New Richmond works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around New Richmond: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Richmond is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #783 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,036 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.9% of New Richmond households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Richmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
How New Richmond ranks: 1,648th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,646 | Hagar Township MI | 3,173 | $67K | 9.4% | 1.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,647 | Gloucester Courthouse VA | 3,336 | $75K | 8.3% | 1.3% | 13% | B |
| 1,648 | New Richmond OH | 2,842 | $81K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,649 | Star Valley Ranch WY | 2,074 | $96K | 2.0% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,650 | Sherlock Township KS | 2,907 | $85K | 9.5% | 2.6% | 19% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of New Richmond, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
New Richmond and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Richmond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Richmond | – | B | C− | 26 min | $80,536 |
| Pierce Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $89,577 |
| Ohio Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $73,289 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Richmond’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in New Richmond: questions
What is the median household income in New Richmond?
$80,536 (±$21,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Richmond?
11.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Richmond?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Richmond work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (21%, 17 mi), Union Township (6%, 9 mi), Batavia Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Richmond walkable?
New Richmond is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Richmond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Richmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Richmond
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.