With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Somerville works elsewhere
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Somerville has 15 jobs, against 113 working residents. Hardly any stay in Somerville for work; outside it, Hamilton is the main destination (12%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Somerville on a workday
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Somerville on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
Commuting out of Somerville: the destinations
Where Somerville clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
What Somerville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somerville, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 15. 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 Somerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Somerville
of Somerville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 66 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Somerville 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.
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 Somerville: questions
What is the median household income in Somerville?
$58,438 (±$26,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somerville?
0.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Somerville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamilton (12%, 12 mi), Oxford (11%, 7 mi), West Chester Township (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Somerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Somerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somerville
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.