Work & commute · Elizabeth

Work & commute in Elizabeth, OH

Most working residents leave Elizabeth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (15%), Piqua (10%) and Dayton (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 787 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 777 Elizabeth residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabeth.

777live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabeth goes to work

Troy7 mi away

15%115

Piqua12.4 mi away

10%76

Dayton16.2 mi away

8%64

Tipp City5.5 mi away

3%27

Sidney19.9 mi away

3%25

Lostcreek4.9 mi away

3%25

Vandalia10.1 mi away

3%24

Columbus58.8 mi away

2%19

Concord8.2 mi away

2%18

Huber Heights10.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%378

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

How far

How far Elizabeth commutes

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

31%

44%

10%

16%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabeth is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabeth are

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

Jobs based in Elizabeth

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Elizabeth residents hold

787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Elizabeth, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 127. 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.