Work & commute · Centerville

Work & commute in Centerville, OH

Most working residents leave Centerville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (15%), Kettering (9%) and Washington (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

808 of 9,996 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,188 Centerville residents head out of town to work, 808 work right here, and 10,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centerville.

9,188live here, work elsewhere

808live and work here

10,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centerville goes to work

Dayton10.6 mi away

15%1,527

Kettering4.1 mi away

9%850

Centerville (in town)right here

8%808

Washington1 mi away

8%787

Beavercreek8.3 mi away

5%531

Miami6.2 mi away

4%422

Miamisburg6.5 mi away

3%295

Columbus66.2 mi away

3%262

Moraine6.6 mi away

3%258

Fairborn13.5 mi away

2%191

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,065

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

How far

How far Centerville commutes

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

58%

20%

10%

12%

58%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centerville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Centerville are

10,813 jobs are based in Centerville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centerville

10,813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Centerville residents hold

9,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+23%

Jobs based in Centerville, 2013 → 2023: 8,786 → 10,813. 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.