Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, OH

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (13%), Beavercreek (9%) and Fairborn (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,597 of 15,225 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 13,628 Bath residents head out of town to work, 1,597 work right here, and 10,774 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

13,628live here, work elsewhere

1,597live and work here

10,774work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Dayton9.9 mi away

13%1,913

Beavercreek5.7 mi away

9%1,423

Fairborn0.9 mi away

9%1,412

Kettering10.7 mi away

5%776

Springfield14.3 mi away

4%569

Columbus56 mi away

4%544

Huber Heights6.1 mi away

3%481

Xenia9.7 mi away

2%356

Centerville14 mi away

2%287

Miami18.3 mi away

2%283

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%7,181

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

43%

32%

10%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

12,371 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

12,371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Bath residents hold

15,225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 11,798 → 12,371. 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.