Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Silverton commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 15.3 in Cincinnati. Silverton has 723 jobs, and 2,287 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Silverton B+; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Silverton stands out on work
A lot of Silverton works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Silverton: Cincinnati (30%) and Kenwood (4%). Next door ↓
Most Silverton residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Silverton empties out on a workday
About 3,300 people are in Silverton on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 4,900 who live here: 2,300 head out to work and 690 come in. 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.
Why Silverton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silverton is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #433 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Silverton’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silverton could be anywhere from C to A.
How many miles Silverton commutes
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Silverton
On a workday 2,254 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 690 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Silverton on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
30% of working residents work in Cincinnati
Where Silverton clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Silverton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverton, 2013 → 2023: 791 → 723. 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 Silverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Silverton: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverton workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,545 commuters (the 12% 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.
Silverton is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silverton is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #25 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 2,902 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 81% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 89% 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). 5.9% of Silverton households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Silverton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Silverton is 1,438th of 3,840 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | The Village of Indian Hill OH | 6,114 | $235K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Sharon Township OH | 6,117 | $126K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,436 | Deale MD | 5,333 | $126K | 3.7% | 6.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,437 | Upland IN | 3,835 | $84K | 9.7% | 2.2% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,438 | Silverton OH | 4,887 | $72K | 14.2% | 2.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,439 | Butler Township OH | 3,461 | $73K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,440 | Newport MN | 5,525 | $72K | 9.4% | 4.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Silverton, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 34% of Silverton
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati (30%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silverton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | – | B+ | A | 19 min | $72,143 |
| Madeira | under 2% | A+ | B | 18 min | $167,653 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C | A | 20 min | $68,088 |
| Cincinnati | 30% | C− | A+ | 22 min | $52,909 |
| Deer Park | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $83,371 |
| Kenwood | 4% | B+ | B | 23 min | $110,212 |
| Sycamore Township | under 2% | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Silverton’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 Silverton: questions
What is the median household income in Silverton?
$72,143 (±$32,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverton?
14.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (30%, 6 mi), Blue Ash (7%, 4 mi), Kenwood (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Silverton walkable?
Silverton is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silverton without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 81% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverton
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.