Black Wealth Intelligence

Blue Ash, OHIO

ZIP 45242 · ZIP Community Profile

Hamilton County · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metropolitan area

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Capacity — higher is better

50.34

Qualification
Qualified
National rank
#1,797
State rank (own state)
#68
Available certified weight
93.75%
Available measures
9 of 11
Available pillars
4 of 4

Friction — higher is worse

42.01

Qualification
Qualified
National rank
#8,313
State rank (own state)
#270
Available certified weight
100.00%
Available measures
6 of 6

Understand this ZIP’s results

What contributes to Capacity?

The largest published contributions to wealth-building Capacity are:

  1. Black HMDA Mortgage Origination Access — 17.74 score points; component percentile 83.16.
  2. Black Homeownership Asset Capacity — 13.67 score points; component percentile 64.06.
  3. Black Employment Opportunity Environment — 6.55 score points; component percentile 98.24.

9 of 11 measures are available. Missing values are not zero.

What contributes to Friction?

The largest published contributions to measured wealth-building barriers are:

  1. Black Housing Cost Burden Pressure — 10.89 score points; component percentile 65.31.
  2. Black Disability Pressure — 9.99 score points; component percentile 59.97.
  3. Black Civilian Unemployment Pressure — 8.31 score points; component percentile 49.89.

6 of 6 measures are available. Missing values are not zero.

Contributions explain the released calculation; they do not establish what caused an outcome or estimate anyone’s net worth. General environment and institution-location measures remain labeled separately from direct Black household measures.

Explore the communities behind this ZIP

Primary locality
Blue Ash
City label in place source
CINCINNATI
County
Hamilton County
Metro area
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
State
OHIO
Source neighborhood label
Not currently available
Associated neighborhoods
Not currently available
Place evidence
MATCHED_TO_PLACE_CONTRACT

Neighborhood labels describe source relationships, not the identity of the entire ZIP. ZIP community boundaries do not necessarily match municipal boundaries.

Underlying published measures

Values retain their original source units. The component views do not provide a unit dictionary; values are not all percentages or dollars. Percentiles and score contributions are separate fields.

Measure and source scopePublished valueComponent percentileContribution to index
Black $100K+ Household Income CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B19001B
Certified weight: 3.12%
44.9179.912.66 points
Black Civilian Employment CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 3.12%
93.8250.111.67 points
Black Employment Opportunity EnvironmentCapacity · GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: NATIONAL_CENSUS_LODES_PRIMARY_JOBS
Certified weight: 6.25%
94.2198.246.55 points
Black Federal Contractor PresenceCapacity · DIRECT BLACK PARTICIPATION
Source scope: NATIONAL_BLACK_FEDERAL_CONTRACTOR_SUBSET
Certified weight: 20.00%
0.000.010.00 points
Black Higher Education Degree Production CapacityCapacity · INSTITUTION LOCATION CAPACITY
Source scope: NATIONAL_HIGHER_EDUCATION_INSTITUTION_LOCATION
Certified weight: 3.12%
UnavailableUnavailableNot published
Black Higher Education Enrollment CapacityCapacity · INSTITUTION LOCATION CAPACITY
Source scope: NATIONAL_HIGHER_EDUCATION_INSTITUTION_LOCATION
Certified weight: 3.12%
UnavailableUnavailableNot published
Black HMDA Mortgage Origination AccessCapacity · DIRECT BLACK CREDIT MARKET
Source scope: NATIONAL_HMDA_BLACK_TRACT_TO_ZIP_WEIGHTED
Certified weight: 20.00%
54.7283.1617.74 points
Black Homeownership Asset CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B25003B
Certified weight: 20.00%
56.0264.0613.67 points
Black Householder IncomeCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_CONDITIONAL_AVAILABILITY
Certified weight: 3.12%
87,500.0076.762.56 points
Black Housing Affordability CapacityCapacity · HOUSING ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: PARTIAL_NATIONAL_ENHANCED_HOUSING_ZIP_SOURCE
Certified weight: 15.00%
7.3722.693.63 points
Black Labor Force Participation CapacityCapacity · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 3.12%
65.6455.871.86 points
Black Civilian Unemployment PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_C23002B
Certified weight: 16.67%
6.1849.898.31 points
Black Disability PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS_B18101B_BLACK_DISABILITY
Certified weight: 16.67%
88.4459.979.99 points
Black HMDA Denial PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK CREDIT MARKET
Source scope: NATIONAL_HMDA_BLACK_TRACT_TO_ZIP_WEIGHTED
Certified weight: 16.67%
19.7616.742.79 points
Black Housing Cost Burden PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS5_2024_B25140B
Certified weight: 16.67%
47.3865.3110.89 points
Black Poverty PressureFriction · DIRECT BLACK
Source scope: NATIONAL_ACS_BLACK_POVERTY_ZIP
Certified weight: 16.67%
12.3036.966.16 points
Black Workforce Export PressureFriction · GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
Source scope: NATIONAL_CENSUS_LODES_PRIMARY_JOBS
Certified weight: 16.67%
46.3623.223.87 points

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Data package V1.0.29; certified separate-index release V1.0.28. Underlying component views V1.0.26 are checked against every published index score, qualification, count, and available weight during this build. Place labels preserve existing context. This is economic intelligence, not a net worth estimate. Capacity and Friction remain separate; no combined scalar is published.