Cincinnati

City Commute Profile

Cincinnati, OH

Where Cincinnati’s 138,712 resident workers go each day — 40.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Blue Ash.

OhioLODES 2023 data
66
Commute Score

66 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cincinnati at a glance
Employed Residents
138,712
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
40.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Blue Ash
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cincinnati proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cincinnati commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Cincinnati

138,712 commutes, one dot at a time

Cincinnati

Where 138,712 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cincinnati, by worker count.

1Cincinnati0.0 mi56,125
2Blue Ash10.2 mi4,759
3Norwood3.2 mi2,716
4Columbus100.3 mi2,617
5Sharonville11.5 mi2,601
6Kenwood8.4 mi2,339
7Mason18.7 mi1,819
8Florence12.6 mi1,794

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cincinnati.

1Cincinnati0.0 mi56,125
2Norwood3.2 mi3,320
3Columbus100.3 mi3,296
4Covington5.2 mi3,082
5Fairfield13.5 mi2,965
6White Oak7.0 mi2,753
7Bridgetown6.9 mi2,485
8Hamilton18.1 mi2,242

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cincinnati’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance24.3%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services9.0%
EDEducational Services8.0%
FIFinance and Insurance7.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.2%
MFManufacturing6.1%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises6.0%
RTRetail Trade3.9%

Cincinnati city profile

Who lives in Cincinnati — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
311,224
Median age
33.2yrs
Median household income
$52,909
Median home value
$230,900
Median gross rent
$1,001/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
41.8%
Poverty rate
25.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Cincinnati

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Cincinnati

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).