Rossmoyne’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 5.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 15.3 in Cincinnati. Below the poverty line: 4.1% of residents, next to 13.3% for Ohio as a whole. The two grades for Rossmoyne are B+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rossmoyne, in a few figures
Rossmoyne makes and builds things
68% of the jobs based in Rossmoyne are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rossmoyne residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Most Rossmoyne residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Rossmoyne and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Rossmoyne residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Rossmoyne come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 825 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Rossmoyne: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Rossmoyne is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Rossmoyne’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($44,422, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Rossmoyne’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rossmoyne could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Goods jobs make up 68% of work in Rossmoyne
1,147 jobs are based in Rossmoyne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rossmoyne, 2013 → 2023: 1,174 → 1,147. 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 Rossmoyne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Rossmoyne commutes less than 8 miles
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.
29% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Rossmoyne clocks in
29% of workers
9% 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.
A workday in Rossmoyne: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 817 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 1,139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Rossmoyne on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Rossmoyne: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rossmoyne workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the 19% 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.
Rossmoyne is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rossmoyne is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Rossmoyne 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 853 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 11.6% of Rossmoyne households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rossmoyne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rossmoyne is 1,139th of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,137 | Bridgewater Township MI | 1,551 | $103K | 7.8% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,138 | Balfour NC | 1,134 | $70K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,139 | Rossmoyne OH | 1,504 | $44K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,140 | Three Forks MT | 1,920 | $80K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,141 | La Vernia TX | 1,499 | $76K | 8.3% | 4.0% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Rossmoyne, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
12% of Rossmoyne works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Blue Ash (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rossmoyne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossmoyne | – | B+ | A | 18 min | $44,422 |
| Dillonvale | under 2% | A | B− | 18 min | $79,318 |
| Kenwood | 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $110,212 |
| Deer Park | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $83,371 |
| Blue Ash | 9% | A+ | B | 20 min | $115,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rossmoyne’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 Rossmoyne: questions
What is the median household income in Rossmoyne?
$44,422 (±$7,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rossmoyne?
4.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rossmoyne?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rossmoyne work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (29%, 8 mi), Blue Ash (9%, 2 mi), Kenwood (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rossmoyne walkable?
Rossmoyne is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rossmoyne without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rossmoyne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rossmoyne
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.