Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, OH

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (14%), Cincinnati (7%) and West Chester (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 3,929 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,762 Madison residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

3,762live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

581work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Middletown4 mi away

14%559

Cincinnati27.7 mi away

7%260

West Chester13.7 mi away

6%219

Monroe6.8 mi away

5%177

Madison (in town)right here

4%167

Hamilton12.3 mi away

4%166

Fairfield15.5 mi away

3%99

Franklin7 mi away

2%90

Mason14 mi away

2%87

Columbus82.5 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,025

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

35%

43%

12%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

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

Jobs based in Madison

748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Madison residents hold

3,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−12%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 847 → 748. 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.