Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, OH

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (7%), Monroe (6%) and West Chester (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

3,158 of 21,443 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 18,285 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 3,158 work right here, and 13,823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

18,285live here, work elsewhere

3,158live and work here

13,823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Middletown (in town)right here

15%3,158

Cincinnati26.2 mi away

7%1,475

Monroe3.6 mi away

6%1,345

West Chester11.7 mi away

5%1,081

Hamilton13.1 mi away

3%684

Mason10.5 mi away

3%636

Fairfield15.2 mi away

3%602

Lebanon9.7 mi away

3%593

Blue Ash17.8 mi away

2%460

Columbus80.5 mi away

2%454

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%10,955

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

34%

43%

12%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

16,981 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

16,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

21,443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−5%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 17,876 → 16,981. 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.