Work & commute · Gratis

Work & commute in Gratis, OH

Most working residents leave Gratis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (10%), Eaton (6%) and Gratis (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 289 Gratis residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gratis.

289live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gratis goes to work

Middletown13.3 mi away

10%30

Eaton9 mi away

6%17

Gratis2.6 mi away

5%14

Dayton19.9 mi away

4%12

Camden6.4 mi away

3%10

Monroe16.3 mi away

3%10

Kettering20.4 mi away

3%9

Columbus85.1 mi away

3%9

Washington19.6 mi away

2%7

Oxford15.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%168

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

How far

How far Gratis commutes

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

23%

51%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gratis is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gratis are

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

Jobs based in Gratis

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Gratis residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+78%

Jobs based in Gratis, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 64. 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.