Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Seven Hills works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Seven Hills itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (30%, 7 miles). There are 3,499 jobs in Seven Hills, against 6,101 working residents. Jobs and income earn Seven Hills A; getting around on foot earns it B−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Seven Hills, in brief
30% of Seven Hills works in Cleveland
1,819 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Cleveland, 6.8 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Seven Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Most Seven Hills residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Seven Hills’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Seven Hills is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #94 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($97,222, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Seven Hills could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Commuting out of Seven Hills: the destinations
Where Seven Hills clocks in
30% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
The distance from Seven Hills to work
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.
Seven Hills by day and by night
On a workday 5,960 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 3,358 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,900 people are in Seven Hills on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
What Seven Hills’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Hills, 2014 → 2024: 3,409 → 3,499. 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 Seven Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Seven Hills: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,851 commuters (the 17% 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.
In Seven Hills, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Seven Hills is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #431 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of 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 5,868 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 69% 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 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 1.2% of Seven Hills households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Seven Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Seven Hills comes 279th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 5 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Rockwood VA | 10,010 | $98K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 278 | Pike Road AL | 11,899 | $117K | 5.1% | 0.5% | 3% | A |
| 279 | Seven Hills OH | 11,464 | $97K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 280 | North Londonderry Township PA | 9,109 | $109K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
| 281 | Rossmoor CA | 11,532 | $212K | 4.2% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Seven Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
10% of Seven Hills works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Parma (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Hills | – | A | B− | 23 min | $97,222 |
| Brooklyn Heights | under 2% | A+ | B− | 17 min | $96,786 |
| Independence | 4% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $115,733 |
| Parma | 6% | B− | A− | 24 min | $69,295 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seven Hills’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 Seven Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Hills?
$97,222 (±$4,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Hills?
4.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Hills?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (30%, 7 mi), Parma (6%, 3 mi), Independence (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Seven Hills walkable?
Seven Hills is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Seven Hills without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Hills
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.