Work & commute · Dayton

Work & commute in Dayton, OH

About one in 4 of Dayton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kettering (6%), Beavercreek (4%) and Moraine (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

13,396 of 49,352 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35,956 Dayton residents head out of town to work, 13,396 work right here, and 62,860 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dayton.

35,956live here, work elsewhere

13,396live and work here

62,860work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dayton goes to work

Dayton (in town)right here

27%13,396

Kettering6.7 mi away

6%2,774

Beavercreek7.8 mi away

4%2,018

Moraine6.4 mi away

4%1,775

Columbus65.8 mi away

3%1,538

Huber Heights6.9 mi away

2%1,190

Vandalia6.5 mi away

2%1,160

Washington11.2 mi away

2%1,019

Cincinnati47.4 mi away

2%1,000

Centerville10.6 mi away

2%934

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%22,548

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

How far

How far Dayton commutes

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

61%

15%

10%

14%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dayton is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dayton are

76,256 jobs are based in Dayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dayton

76,256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Dayton residents hold

49,352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−6%

Jobs based in Dayton, 2013 → 2023: 81,390 → 76,256. 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.