Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0New Vienna has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 78 jobs in New Vienna for 499 working residents. The two grades for New Vienna are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Hardly any work in New Vienna; the top destination outside it is Wilmington (25%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in New Vienna
New Vienna is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in New Vienna, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Vienna has about 690 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
New Vienna workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for New Vienna
On income, poverty and job access, New Vienna is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds New Vienna’s grade up (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: New Vienna’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Vienna could be anywhere from D to B.
A workday in New Vienna: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in New Vienna on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 32 minutes from New Vienna
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Vienna workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 6% 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 New Vienna goes to work
Where New Vienna clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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.
What New Vienna’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 78. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
New Vienna’s commute, mile by mile
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In New Vienna, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Vienna is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place New Vienna near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 549 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of New Vienna households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Vienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, New Vienna ranks 2,112th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,110 | Grant NE | 1,158 | $71K | 8.4% | 0.4% | 38% | C |
| 2,111 | Kenbridge VA | 1,103 | $62K | 7.5% | 0.7% | 11% | C |
| 2,112 | New Vienna OH | 1,106 | $61K | 8.8% | 2.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,113 | Athena OR | 1,187 | $72K | 9.0% | 1.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,114 | Mercersburg PA | 1,492 | $66K | 10.4% | 4.8% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Vienna, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in New Vienna?
$60,962 (±$9,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Vienna?
8.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Vienna?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Vienna work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (25%, 10 mi), Liberty Township (8%, 16 mi), Hillsboro (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Vienna walkable?
New Vienna is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Vienna
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.