Household incomes in Skyline Acres trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Skyline Acres; the top destination outside it is Cincinnati (29%, 7 miles). Poverty touches 19.2% of residents; Ohio has 13.3%. Skyline Acres grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Skyline Acres
Skyline Acres is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Skyline Acres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Skyline Acres has about 450 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Skyline Acres and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Skyline Acres residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Skyline Acres come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Skyline Acres residents work close to home
62% 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; with 655 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Skyline Acres’ grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Skyline Acres is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Skyline Acres’ grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,250, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Skyline Acres’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, Skyline Acres could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Skyline Acres on a workday
On a workday 651 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Skyline Acres on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Skyline Acres’ residents
Where Skyline Acres clocks in
29% of workers
4% 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.
How far Skyline Acres goes to work
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
88 jobs are based in Skyline Acres.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Skyline Acres, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 88. 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 Skyline Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Skyline Acres: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Skyline Acres workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 425 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute in Skyline Acres is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Skyline Acres is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 460 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 18.4% of Skyline Acres households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Skyline Acres’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Skyline Acres ranks 1,723rd of 3,133 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,721 | Danby VT | 1,273 | $77K | 9.4% | 2.3% | 7% | C |
| 1,722 | Brazeau WI | 1,381 | $73K | 8.6% | 6.7% | 1% | C |
| 1,723 | Skyline Acres OH | 1,016 | $46K | 19.2% | 0.6% | 1% | C |
| 1,724 | Clarksville IA | 1,225 | $63K | 9.1% | 2.3% | 7% | C |
| 1,725 | Wood River NE | 1,169 | $75K | 15.6% | 0.4% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Skyline Acres, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Skyline Acres and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skyline Acres workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyline Acres | – | C | C+ | 26 min | $46,250 |
| Groesbeck | under 2% | B | B+ | 22 min | $61,984 |
| North College Hill | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $64,655 |
| Northbrook | under 2% | B | B | 23 min | $67,426 |
| Mount Healthy | under 2% | C | A− | 25 min | $54,565 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Skyline Acres’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 Skyline Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Skyline Acres?
$46,250 (±$11,910) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Skyline Acres?
19.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Skyline Acres?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Skyline Acres work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (29%, 7 mi), Blue Ash (4%, 10 mi), West Chester Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Skyline Acres walkable?
Skyline Acres is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 10.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Skyline Acres without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Skyline Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skyline Acres
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.