Work & commute · Laura

Work & commute in Laura, OH

Most working residents leave Laura for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (11%), Dayton (8%) and Vandalia (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 186 Laura residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laura.

186live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laura goes to work

Troy10.4 mi away

11%20

Dayton18.3 mi away

8%16

Vandalia14 mi away

5%9

Columbus75.3 mi away

5%9

Englewood10.4 mi away

4%8

West Milton5 mi away

3%6

Piqua13.6 mi away

3%6

Clayton9.7 mi away

3%5

Tipp City11.9 mi away

2%4

Moraine22.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%102

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

How far

How far Laura commutes

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

17%

49%

11%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laura 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 Laura are

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

Jobs based in Laura

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Laura residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+38%

Jobs based in Laura, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 66. 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.