Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, OH

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (23%), Kettering (4%) and Englewood (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

298 of 5,738 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 5,440 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 298 work right here, and 4,491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

5,440live here, work elsewhere

298live and work here

4,491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Dayton8.9 mi away

23%1,300

Clayton (in town)right here

5%298

Kettering15.2 mi away

4%241

Englewood0.9 mi away

4%235

Vandalia7.1 mi away

3%186

Beavercreek16.5 mi away

3%173

Huber Heights11.3 mi away

3%158

Columbus71.4 mi away

3%152

Butler4.5 mi away

3%148

Troy13.1 mi away

2%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,712

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

How far

How far Clayton commutes

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

47%

30%

14%

47%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clayton are

4,789 jobs are based in Clayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clayton

4,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

5,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+28%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 3,737 → 4,789. 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.