Photo: Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0Urbancrest’s household incomes are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.6 in Columbus. The poverty rate is 41.5%, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Urbancrest grades C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Urbancrest and work: the main findings
Much of Urbancrest works one town over
63% of working residents work in a town that borders Urbancrest: Columbus (52%) and Grove City (11%). Next door ↓
Urbancrest fills up on a workday
Urbancrest has 1,677 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
75% of the jobs in Urbancrest are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Urbancrest’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Urbancrest is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Urbancrest’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (23.8%) is left out: Urbancrest’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, Urbancrest could be anywhere from C− to C.
Urbancrest by day and by night
On a workday 498 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 1,673 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Urbancrest on a workday afternoon, 117% more than live here.
3.3 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.
69% of the jobs in Urbancrest pay over $3,333 a month
1,677 jobs are based in Urbancrest.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Urbancrest, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 1,677. 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 Urbancrest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Urbancrest
Where Urbancrest clocks in
52% of workers
11% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Urbancrest
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Urbancrest workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 311 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where in the region Urbancrest works
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.
Urbancrest is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 329 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 95% 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 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 15.2% of Urbancrest households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Urbancrest’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,932nd of 3,133: where Urbancrest ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,930 | Stanleytown VA | 1,386 | $40K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 2% | C− |
| 1,931 | Bayard NE | 1,087 | $68K | 9.9% | 2.4% | 3% | C− |
| 1,932 | Urbancrest OH | 1,003 | $42K | 41.5% | 23.8% | 1% | C− |
| 1,933 | Sun Prairie MT | 1,171 | $56K | 9.9% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 1,934 | South Point TX | 1,054 | $50K | 13.7% | 4.6% | 0% | 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 Urbancrest, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 63% of Urbancrest
The biggest share goes to Columbus (52%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Urbancrest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbancrest | – | C− | A+ | 31 min | $41,875 |
| Grove City | 11% | A | B+ | 22 min | $93,161 |
| Jackson Township | under 1% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $91,817 |
| Columbus | 52% | B− | A | 22 min | $66,082 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Urbancrest’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 Urbancrest: questions
What is the median household income in Urbancrest?
$41,875 (±$9,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Urbancrest?
41.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Urbancrest?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Urbancrest work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (52%, 8 mi), Grove City (11%, 3 mi), Dublin (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Urbancrest walkable?
Urbancrest is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Urbancrest without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Urbancrest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Urbancrest
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.