Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Sharonville has lower unemployment (1.3%) than 92% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average (Ohio 23, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Sharonville A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 8% stay in Sharonville for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (18%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sharonville: the figures worth knowing
Sharonville fills up on a workday
Sharonville has 27,417 jobs, 4.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 35,000 people are in town, more than double the 14,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Sharonville draws workers from far and wide
The 27,417 jobs in Sharonville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 27%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sharonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker, and quicker than any town next door (20 to 24 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Most Sharonville residents work close to home
61% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Sharonville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sharonville is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #244 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Sharonville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($74,649, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sharonville could be anywhere from B to A.
Sharonville by day and by night
On a workday 5,746 residents head out to work, 479 work right here, and 26,938 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35,000 people are in Sharonville on a workday afternoon, 151% more than live here.
4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 the people who work in Sharonville live
Where Sharonville clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Sharonville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,669 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Sharonville
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.
Sharonville makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
27,417 jobs are based in Sharonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharonville, 2013 → 2023: 23,815 → 27,417. 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 Sharonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Sharonville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sharonville is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #182 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 7,363 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 27% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 6.4% of Sharonville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sharonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sharonville places 661st of 2,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 659 | Gypsum Township KS | 10,370 | $77K | 6.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 660 | Abington MA | 17,142 | $125K | 5.2% | 6.0% | 7% | A− |
| 661 | Sharonville OH | 13,997 | $75K | 9.1% | 1.3% | 8% | A− |
| 662 | White House TN | 17,872 | $90K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 6% | A− |
| 663 | Westport MA | 16,851 | $96K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Sharonville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 23% of Sharonville’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sharonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharonville | – | A− | B+ | 17 min | $74,649 |
| Evendale | 3% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $148,500 |
| Sycamore Township | under 3% | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
| Blue Ash | 8% | A+ | B | 20 min | $115,313 |
| Glendale | under 3% | A− | A− | 24 min | $111,932 |
| West Chester Township | 7% | A− | C | 23 min | $109,979 |
| Brecon | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Springdale | 2% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $67,903 |
| Deerfield Township | 3% | A | B | 23 min | $125,191 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brecon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blue Ash. Darker towns draw more of Sharonville’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 Sharonville: questions
What is the median household income in Sharonville?
$74,649 (±$10,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharonville?
9.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharonville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharonville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (18%, 11 mi), Blue Ash (8%, 3 mi), West Chester Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sharonville walkable?
Sharonville is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharonville without a car?
0% 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 Sharonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharonville
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.