Photo: Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0Ross has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The two grades for Ross are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 472 jobs in Ross, against 1,633 working residents. Only 3% stay in Ross for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (13%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ross apart on work
Ross makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Ross are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ross residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Ross has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ross went from 311 in 2013 to 472 in 2023, +52%. The jobs ↓
Ross is a place people come home to
There are 472 jobs based in Ross, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ross has about 1,400 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Ross: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ross is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #546 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Ross’ grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,522, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ross could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Ross makes things: 47% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 472. 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 Ross’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ross quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,590 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Ross on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Where Ross goes to work
Where Ross clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Ross
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ross workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 951 commuters (the 15% 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.
Ross’ commute, mile by mile
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 Ross, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ross is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #481 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Ross 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 1,123 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). 6.2% of Ross households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Ross’ commuters take a bus or train.
1,967th of 5,083: where Ross ranks among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,965 | Clermont NY | 2,022 | $95K | 8.0% | 4.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,966 | West Rutland VT | 2,200 | $61K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,967 | Ross OH | 2,601 | $65K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,968 | Eagle Crest OR | 2,677 | $103K | 6.5% | 3.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,969 | Gray TN | 2,237 | $70K | 9.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Ross, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Ross and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ross workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross | – | B | B− | 27 min | $64,522 |
| Colerain Township | under 3% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $73,103 |
| Dunlap | under 3% | B− | D | 22 min | $73,421 |
| Crosby Township | under 3% | A | D | 28 min | $123,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ross’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 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 Ross: questions
What is the median household income in Ross?
$64,522 (±$19,494) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ross?
11.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ross?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ross work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (13%, 15 mi), Fairfield (7%, 6 mi), Hamilton (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ross walkable?
Ross is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ross without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ross, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ross
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.