Work & commute · Germantown

Work & commute in Germantown, OH

Most working residents leave Germantown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (12%), Miamisburg (6%) and Kettering (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 2,534 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,384 Germantown residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Germantown.

2,384live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Germantown goes to work

Dayton13.7 mi away

12%295

Germantown (in town)right here

6%150

Miamisburg5 mi away

6%150

Kettering12.2 mi away

5%132

Middletown8.9 mi away

5%130

Miami5.4 mi away

4%104

Columbus77.1 mi away

3%66

Springboro8.5 mi away

3%65

Moraine7.9 mi away

2%63

Franklin6.5 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,317

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

How far

How far Germantown commutes

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

36%

42%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Germantown is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Germantown are

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

Jobs based in Germantown

875 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Germantown residents hold

2,534 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Germantown, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 875. 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.