Nestable and Stackable Pallets: Cincinnati

Cincinnati, by road

I-71, I-74 and I-75 meet on the Ohio River, with the Cincinnati airport actually in Kentucky and home to a DHL hub. Cincinnati is counted here as the metropolitan area in Ohio that the Census Bureau delineates, and its pallet traffic is set by that geography.

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing is where this area is most concentrated, at 2.3 times the national share of employment. The area reaches into Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Boone, Bracken and Campbell... counties.

Counties

ZIP codes with the most warehouses

The five largest ZIP codes hold 83 establishments between them. Hebron (41048) leads with 28, 33.7 percent of the five.

Reading the numbers

• Boone County has 9,121 warehousing jobs, 45.7 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area.
• Butler County has 4,169 warehousing jobs, 20.9 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area, 4,952 fewer than Boone.
• Kenton County has 2,462 warehousing jobs, 12.3 percent of the 19,940 in the Cincinnati area, 6,659 fewer than Boone.
• Cincinnati (45246) has 8 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 20 against 28.
• West Chester (45069) has 15 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 13 against 28.
• Fairfield (45014) has 17 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 11 against 28.
• Walton (41094) has 17 fewer warehousing establishments than Hebron (41048), 11 against 28.
• Boone County's 9,121 is 9.3 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.
• Butler County's 4,169 is 4.2 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.
• Kenton County's 2,462 is 2.5 percent of all 98,354 warehousing jobs in Ohio.
• ZIP 41048 in Hebron ranks number 1 of the five, with 28 warehousing establishments, 33.7 percent of their combined total and 2.55 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 45246 in Cincinnati ranks number 2 of the five, with 20 warehousing establishments, 24.1 percent of their combined total and 1.82 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 45069 in West Chester ranks number 3 of the five, with 13 warehousing establishments, 15.7 percent of their combined total and 1.18 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 45014 in Fairfield ranks number 4 of the five, with 11 warehousing establishments, 13.3 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.
• ZIP 41094 in Walton ranks number 5 of the five, with 11 warehousing establishments, 13.3 percent of their combined total and 1.00 times the smallest of them.
• Motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 8,880 in the area (partial), 0.45 for every warehousing job.
• Chemical manufacturing employs 13,339 in the area (partial), 0.67 for every warehousing job.
• Beverage manufacturing employs 3,466 in the area (partial), 0.17 for every warehousing job.
• Warehousing and storage employs 19,940 in the area (partial), 1.00 for every warehousing job.
• Ohio's motor vehicle parts manufacturing employment, 62,025, is 3.11 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.
• Ohio's plastics product manufacturing employment, 42,286, is 2.12 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.
• Ohio's motor vehicle manufacturing employment, 19,070, is 0.96 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.
• Ohio's fruit and vegetable preserving employment, 10,327, is 0.52 times the Cincinnati area's warehousing jobs.
• Columbus, also in Ohio, has 34,200 warehousing jobs, 1.72 times Cincinnati's.
• Cleveland, also in Ohio, has 13,652 warehousing jobs, 0.68 times Cincinnati's.

Who ships pallets here

In Cincinnati, motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 8,880 (a partial count). Suppliers weigh the dynamic rating against the way parts move, and ask whether the pallet nests when it comes back empty. It tends to lean on heavy-duty stackable pallets, nestable on the empty return, usually in 48 x 45 in or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the dynamic load, since parts travel on forklifts and conveyors all day.

The empty return

An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 83 warehouses in its five largest ZIP codes in Cincinnati sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 66,400 pallets. The table counts the 53 ft trailers that takes at three makers' published nestable figures, beside the 540 per trailer of a rackable.

In its state

Among the 3 metros of Ohio that have a page here, Cincinnati ranks number 2 by warehousing jobs.

Cincinnati holds 20.3 percent of Ohio's 98,354 private warehousing jobs. See the Ohio page for the whole state.

Other metros in Ohio with their own page: Columbus and Cleveland.

Interstates serving the area: I-75.

Words on this page

Stretch wrap

Elastic film wound around a loaded pallet to hold the load together.

Polypropylene

Another common pallet resin, lighter and stiffer than some others, with its own behaviour in the cold.

Location quotient

A place's share of employment in a trade divided by the national share. Above 1 means the trade is more concentrated there than average.

Cross-docking

Moving freight from an inbound truck to an outbound one with little or no storage between.

Establishment

A single physical location where a business operates, such as one warehouse. A company with ten warehouses has ten establishments.

3PL

A third-party logistics company that stores and ships goods for other businesses.

Drayage

The short haul of a container between a port or rail ramp and a warehouse.

2-way entry

A pallet that can be lifted from only two opposite sides.

One-way pallet

A light pallet built to carry cargo to a destination and stay there, often used in export.