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Work & commute in Twin · A commuter town

94% of Twin’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Twin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (12%), Dayton (8%) and Troy (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Work in town
6%
117 of 1,928 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
31 min
More than OH (23 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than OH (13%)
Jobs based here
475
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Twin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Greenville

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Richmond: 39 residents work here (2%)PitsburgGordonNew MadisonArcanum: 82 residents work here (4%)Versailles: 39 residents work here (2%)Greenville: 228 residents work here (12%)Eaton: 39 residents work here (2%)Vandalia: 45 residents work here (2%)Troy: 93 residents work here (5%)Dayton: 147 residents work here (8%)Columbus: 39 residents work here (2%)HarrisonTwinMonroe: 40 residents work here (2%)Van BurenFranklinButlerGreenvilleGreenvilleDaytonTroyArcanumVandaliaMonroeTwin
1
Greenville10.2 mi away
12%228
2
Dayton22.2 mi away
8%147
3
Troy17.8 mi away
5%93
4
Arcanum1.8 mi away
4%82
5
Vandalia19.6 mi away
2%45
6
Monroe3.8 mi away
2%40
7
Richmond, IN20.7 mi away
2%39
8
Versailles17.8 mi away
2%39
9
Eaton15.8 mi away
2%39
10
Columbus82.5 mi away
2%39
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%1,137
The top trips

Where Twin clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Ohio

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
238 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Twin31 min
Ohio23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Twin workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10

How Twin ranks on commute time →

Day and night

Twin quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,811 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere.

1,811live here, work elsewhere
117live and work here
358work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,200
Workday2,800
4,200live here− 1,800head out to work+ 360come in to work= 2,800on a workday

About 2,800 people are in Twin on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Twin commutes less than 20 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreenville: 12% · 10.2 miDayton: 8% · 22.2 miTroy: 5% · 17.8 miArcanum: 4% · 1.8 miVandalia: 2% · 19.6 miMonroe: 2% · 3.8 miRichmond: 2% · 20.7 miVersailles: 2% · 17.8 miEaton: 2% · 15.8 miColumbus: 2% · 82.5 miGreenville 12%Dayton 8%Troy 5%Arcanum 4%Vandalia 2%Twin
TwinTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi413 residents
40%10–24 mi776 residents
24%25–50 mi462 residents
14%Over 50 mi274 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 475 jobs in Twin are

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

Jobs based in TwinJobs Twin residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms20%28%
Trade, transport & utilities16%20%
Services: health, schools, offices64%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%26%
Over $3,333 a month48%59%

Who does it

29 or younger25%24%
30 to 5451%52%
55 and older24%23%
−60%

Jobs based in Twin, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 475. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Twin and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Monroe (2%). Darker towns draw more of Twin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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