Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, OH

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (13%), Tipp City (11%) and Troy (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

878 of 7,265 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,387 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 878 work right here, and 5,828 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

6,387live here, work elsewhere

878live and work here

5,828work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Dayton11.9 mi away

13%918

Tipp City1.7 mi away

11%778

Troy5.8 mi away

10%705

Vandalia5.5 mi away

5%353

Huber Heights8.7 mi away

3%249

Piqua13.2 mi away

3%218

Columbus65.2 mi away

3%209

Sidney23.2 mi away

2%173

Beavercreek17.1 mi away

2%170

Kettering18.3 mi away

2%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,357

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

39%

36%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

6,706 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

6,706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

7,265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+9%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 6,179 → 6,706. 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.