Xenia Carnegie Library · Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Xenia has lower household incomes than 80% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Xenia are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 17.9% of residents (Ohio 13.3%). About one in seven stay in Xenia for work; outside it, Dayton is the main destination (10%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Xenia’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Xenia is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #834 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Xenia’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Xenia could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Xenia, and who commutes in
On a workday 8,565 residents head out to work, 1,530 work right here, and 6,267 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).
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 Xenia’s working residents head each day
Where Xenia clocks in
10% 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.
The 7,797 jobs based in Xenia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Xenia, 2013 → 2023: 7,556 → 7,797. 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 Xenia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Xenia, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Xenia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,561 commuters (the 6% 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 from Xenia, 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.
Xenia is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Xenia is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #388 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Xenia near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,258 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 8.4% of Xenia households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Xenia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Xenia places 1,415th of 1,645 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 36,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Powell OH | 18,269 | $195K | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Hudson OH | 23,085 | $171K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,413 | Farmington MO | 19,226 | $54K | 15.9% | 4.1% | 35% | C |
| 1,414 | New Bern NC | 34,724 | $61K | 17.3% | 4.6% | 40% | C |
| 1,415 | Xenia OH | 26,425 | $56K | 17.9% | 6.2% | 15% | C |
| 1,416 | Leisure City FL | 27,808 | $42K | 24.5% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 1,417 | Lealman FL | 20,567 | $45K | 15.6% | 7.2% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,645 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Xenia, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Xenia and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Xenia Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Xenia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia | – | C | B− | 25 min | $56,029 |
| Xenia Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 21 min | $95,313 |
| Spring Valley Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $98,220 |
| Beavercreek Township | 2% | A | C+ | 21 min | $116,743 |
| Wilberforce | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 17 min | $67,019 |
| Sugarcreek Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $186,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Xenia’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 Xenia: questions
What is the median household income in Xenia?
$56,029 (±$3,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Xenia?
17.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Xenia?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Xenia work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (10%, 15 mi), Beavercreek (7%, 8 mi), Kettering (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Xenia walkable?
Xenia is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Xenia without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Xenia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Xenia
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.