Work & commute · Kettering

Work & commute in Kettering, OH

Most working residents leave Kettering for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (19%), Beavercreek (6%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,633 of 26,306 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,673 Kettering residents head out of town to work, 3,633 work right here, and 24,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kettering.

22,673live here, work elsewhere

3,633live and work here

24,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kettering goes to work

Dayton6.7 mi away

19%4,980

Kettering (in town)right here

14%3,633

Beavercreek5.4 mi away

6%1,557

Washington4.9 mi away

4%1,065

Centerville4.1 mi away

4%952

Moraine4.9 mi away

4%929

Miami7.7 mi away

3%834

Miamisburg7.8 mi away

3%725

Columbus65 mi away

2%613

Fairborn10.4 mi away

2%506

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%10,512

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

How far

How far Kettering commutes

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

65%

15%

10%

11%

65%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kettering is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kettering are

28,174 jobs are based in Kettering. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kettering’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kettering

28,174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Kettering residents hold

26,306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Kettering, 2013 → 2023: 26,439 → 28,174. 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.