Work & commute · Dalton

Work & commute in Dalton, OH

Most working residents leave Dalton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wooster (11%), Orrville (9%) and Sugar Creek (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 729 Dalton residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dalton.

729live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dalton goes to work

Wooster12 mi away

11%92

Dalton (in town)right here

9%75

Orrville5.1 mi away

9%73

Sugar Creek2 mi away

7%55

Massillon9.4 mi away

6%47

Akron21.6 mi away

3%25

Jackson12.5 mi away

2%18

Cleveland46.9 mi away

2%16

East Union6.3 mi away

2%15

Wooster13 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%374

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

How far

How far Dalton commutes

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

39%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dalton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dalton are

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

Jobs based in Dalton

797 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Dalton residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5%

Jobs based in Dalton, 2013 → 2023: 759 → 797. 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.