Work & commute · Dayton

Work & commute in Dayton, IN

Most working residents leave Dayton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (49%), West Lafayette (12%) and Frankfort (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 630 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 625 Dayton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dayton.

625live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dayton goes to work

Lafayette5 mi away

49%309

West Lafayette9.2 mi away

12%73

Frankfort14.1 mi away

3%18

Center53.3 mi away

2%14

Wea5.1 mi away

2%10

Carmel43.5 mi away

1%9

Sheffield1.5 mi away

1%9

Pike43.7 mi away

1%8

Kokomo34.6 mi away

1%7

Fort Wayne98.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%166

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dayton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

11%

17%

63%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dayton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dayton are

160 jobs are based in Dayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dayton

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Dayton residents hold

630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+90%

Jobs based in Dayton, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 160. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.