Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, OH

Most working residents leave Lebanon for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (8%), Mason (7%) and West Chester (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,620 of 9,827 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 8,207 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 1,620 work right here, and 11,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

8,207live here, work elsewhere

1,620live and work here

11,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

16%1,620

Cincinnati25.2 mi away

8%816

Mason6.3 mi away

7%643

West Chester12.5 mi away

4%370

Blue Ash15.5 mi away

3%290

Dayton24.8 mi away

3%289

Deerfield8.2 mi away

3%270

Middletown9.7 mi away

2%225

Columbus75.9 mi away

2%216

Turtlecreek5.4 mi away

2%194

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,894

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

35%

43%

12%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

12,975 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

12,975 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

9,827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+25%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 10,368 → 12,975. 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.