Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, OH

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are West Chester (8%), Cincinnati (8%) and Middletown (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

565 of 7,008 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,443 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 565 work right here, and 10,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

6,443live here, work elsewhere

565live and work here

10,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

8%565

West Chester8.4 mi away

8%545

Cincinnati22.9 mi away

8%539

Middletown3.6 mi away

7%456

Mason7.1 mi away

4%285

Fairfield12.8 mi away

4%261

Hamilton11.7 mi away

3%237

Blue Ash14.3 mi away

3%232

Liberty4.5 mi away

3%230

Sharonville12.1 mi away

3%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,469

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.

40%

43%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

10,709 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

10,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

7,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+45%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 7,374 → 10,709. 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.