Photo: Ed! (Photography) · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Sycamore Township has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 22,758 people come in to work
Employers in Sycamore Township report 23,267 jobs; 8,547 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Sycamore Township B; getting around on foot earns it B. Only 6% work in Sycamore Township; the top destination outside it is Cincinnati (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sycamore Township apart
Sycamore Township is where the jobs are
Sycamore Township has 23,267 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 34,000 people are in town, 75% more than the 20,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Sycamore Township draws workers from far and wide
The 23,267 jobs in Sycamore Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 28%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Sycamore Township and Cincinnati trade workers both ways
Cincinnati is the top workplace for Sycamore Township residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Sycamore Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Sycamore Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sycamore Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sycamore Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #469 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Sycamore Township’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sycamore Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
A workday in Sycamore Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,038 residents head out to work and 509 work right here.
About 34,000 people are in Sycamore Township on a workday afternoon, 75% more 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.
Where the people who work in Sycamore Township live
Where Sycamore Township clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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 commute from Sycamore Township, by distance
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 Sycamore Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sycamore Township, 2013 → 2023: 23,746 → 23,267. 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 Sycamore Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Sycamore Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sycamore Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,378 commuters (the 16% 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.
Driving is how Sycamore Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sycamore Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #265 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 8,753 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 6.0% of Sycamore Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sycamore Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sycamore Township is 1,006th of 1,860 U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Avon OH | 25,611 | $136K | 3.0% | 1.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,004 | Universal City TX | 20,399 | $75K | 8.8% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,005 | West Richland WA | 19,257 | $120K | 8.5% | 4.8% | 7% | B |
| 1,006 | Sycamore Township OH | 19,651 | $83K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,007 | Ithaca NY | 20,670 | $106K | 9.3% | 4.5% | 38% | B |
| 1,008 | South Milwaukee WI | 20,191 | $73K | 13.1% | 3.6% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | 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 Sycamore Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
14% of Sycamore Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Blue Ash (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sycamore Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Township | – | B | B | 21 min | $83,222 |
| Montgomery | 3% | A+ | B | 21 min | $150,995 |
| Deer Park | under 2% | A− | A− | 21 min | $83,371 |
| Sharonville | 3% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $74,649 |
| Madeira | under 2% | A+ | B | 18 min | $167,653 |
| Blue Ash | 8% | A+ | B | 20 min | $115,313 |
| The Village of Indian Hill | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 20 min | $234,821 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sycamore Township’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 Sycamore Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sycamore Township?
$83,222 (±$7,740) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sycamore Township?
8.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sycamore Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sycamore Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (26%, 9 mi), Blue Ash (8%, 2 mi), Mason (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sycamore Township walkable?
Sycamore Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sycamore Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sycamore Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sycamore Township
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.