Work & commute · Lostcreek

Work & commute in Lostcreek, OH

Most working residents leave Lostcreek for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (15%), Dayton (11%) and Piqua (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 734 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 710 Lostcreek residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lostcreek.

710live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lostcreek goes to work

Troy7.4 mi away

15%109

Dayton21.1 mi away

11%79

Piqua9.5 mi away

7%54

Sidney15.2 mi away

5%34

Lostcreek (in town)right here

3%21

Vandalia14.8 mi away

3%20

Concord8.5 mi away

3%20

Tipp City9.4 mi away

2%17

Columbus58.7 mi away

2%14

Kettering26.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%353

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

How far

How far Lostcreek commutes

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

36%

38%

11%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lostcreek is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lostcreek are

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

Jobs based in Lostcreek

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lostcreek residents hold

734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+109%

Jobs based in Lostcreek, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 232. 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.