Work & commute · Mason

Work & commute in Mason, OH

Most working residents leave Mason for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (11%), West Chester (6%) and Deerfield (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,133 of 15,637 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,504 Mason residents head out of town to work, 2,133 work right here, and 25,737 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mason.

13,504live here, work elsewhere

2,133live and work here

25,737work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mason goes to work

Mason (in town)right here

14%2,133

Cincinnati18.9 mi away

11%1,724

West Chester6.7 mi away

6%955

Deerfield2.3 mi away

5%827

Blue Ash9.3 mi away

5%802

Sharonville8.1 mi away

3%435

Lebanon6.3 mi away

2%379

Dayton29.7 mi away

2%347

Fairfield13.3 mi away

2%342

Columbus82 mi away

2%342

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%7,351

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

How far

How far Mason commutes

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

48%

33%

11%

48%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mason is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mason are

27,870 jobs are based in Mason. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mason’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mason

27,870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Mason residents hold

15,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+59%

Jobs based in Mason, 2013 → 2023: 17,530 → 27,870. 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.