Work & commute · Trotwood

Work & commute in Trotwood, OH

Most working residents leave Trotwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (27%), Moraine (4%) and Kettering (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

410 of 9,188 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 8,778 Trotwood residents head out of town to work, 410 work right here, and 3,703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trotwood.

8,778live here, work elsewhere

410live and work here

3,703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trotwood goes to work

Dayton6.5 mi away

27%2,495

Trotwood (in town)right here

4%410

Moraine7.8 mi away

4%391

Kettering11.3 mi away

4%363

Columbus72.1 mi away

3%278

Clayton5.4 mi away

3%253

Beavercreek14.1 mi away

2%214

Vandalia9.1 mi away

2%211

Butler7.1 mi away

2%198

Huber Heights12 mi away

2%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%4,211

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

How far

How far Trotwood commutes

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

54%

22%

11%

13%

54%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trotwood is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trotwood are

4,113 jobs are based in Trotwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trotwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trotwood

4,113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Trotwood residents hold

9,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−9%

Jobs based in Trotwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,534 → 4,113. 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.