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Work & commute in Lake Lakengren · A commuter town

98% of Lake Lakengren’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lake Lakengren for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eaton (26%), Richmond (7%) and Dayton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
2%
32 of 1,524 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
7%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
62
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lake Lakengren?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

26% of working residents work in Eaton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WinchesterRichmond: 106 residents work here (7%)Lewisburg: 20 residents work here (1%)CamdenNew LebanonEaton: 401 residents work here (26%)Oxford: 60 residents work here (4%)Kettering: 29 residents work here (2%)TrotwoodMiddletown: 46 residents work here (3%)Dayton: 76 residents work here (5%)Columbus: 22 residents work here (1%)LanierSomersMiami: 22 residents work here (1%)GasperLake LakengrenEatonRichmondDaytonOxfordMiddletownKetteringLake Lakengren
1
Eaton5.2 mi away
26%401
2
Richmond, IN14.7 mi away
7%106
3
Dayton26.9 mi away
5%76
4
Oxford12.9 mi away
4%60
5
Middletown21.4 mi away
3%46
6
Lake Lakengren (in town)right here
2%32
7
Kettering28.6 mi away
2%29
8
Columbus92.7 mi away
1%22
9
Miami23 mi away
1%22
10
Lewisburg13.7 mi away
1%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%710
The top trips

Where Lake Lakengren clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
242 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lake Lakengren32 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Lake Lakengren workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10

How Lake Lakengren ranks on commute time →

Day and night

Lake Lakengren quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,492 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.

1,492live here, work elsewhere
32live and work here
30work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,400
Workday2,000
3,400live here− 1,500head out to work+ 30come in to work= 2,000on a workday

About 2,000 people are in Lake Lakengren on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Lake Lakengren commutes less than 19 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEaton: 26% · 5.2 miRichmond: 7% · 14.7 miDayton: 5% · 26.9 miOxford: 4% · 12.9 miMiddletown: 3% · 21.4 miKettering: 2% · 28.6 miColumbus: 1% · 92.7 miMiami: 1% · 23 miLewisburg: 1% · 13.7 miEaton 26%Richmond 7%Dayton 5%Oxford 4%Middletown 3%Lake Lakengren
Lake LakengrenTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi502 residents
27%10–24 mi406 residents
26%25–50 mi394 residents
14%Over 50 mi219 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 62 jobs in Lake Lakengren are

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

Jobs based in Lake LakengrenJobs Lake Lakengren residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms21%30%
Trade, transport & utilities16%17%
Services: health, schools, offices63%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%25%
Over $3,333 a month56%63%

Who does it

29 or younger16%20%
30 to 5437%54%
55 and older47%26%
−10%

Jobs based in Lake Lakengren, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 62. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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