Work & commute · Covington

Work & commute in Covington, OH

Most working residents leave Covington for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (14%), Piqua (11%) and Sidney (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

157 of 1,236 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,079 Covington residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covington.

1,079live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covington goes to work

Troy8.7 mi away

14%176

Covington (in town)right here

13%157

Piqua6 mi away

11%142

Sidney15.4 mi away

5%57

Dayton24.3 mi away

4%48

Columbus72.8 mi away

3%32

Tipp City13.7 mi away

3%31

Concord7.6 mi away

2%30

Vandalia18.5 mi away

2%29

Greenville14.3 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%509

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

How far

How far Covington commutes

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

43%

25%

17%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Covington are

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

Jobs based in Covington

989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Covington residents hold

1,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+12%

Jobs based in Covington, 2013 → 2023: 882 → 989. 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.