Work & commute · Vandalia

Work & commute in Vandalia, OH

Most working residents leave Vandalia for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (17%), Butler (4%) and Troy (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

819 of 6,747 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,928 Vandalia residents head out of town to work, 819 work right here, and 10,819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vandalia.

5,928live here, work elsewhere

819live and work here

10,819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vandalia goes to work

Dayton6.5 mi away

17%1,180

Vandalia (in town)right here

12%819

Butler2.6 mi away

4%302

Troy11.3 mi away

4%292

Kettering12.8 mi away

4%253

Huber Heights4.4 mi away

3%210

Beavercreek11.8 mi away

3%201

Tipp City5.9 mi away

3%171

Columbus64.4 mi away

2%153

Moraine12.8 mi away

2%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%3,018

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

How far

How far Vandalia commutes

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

50%

29%

13%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vandalia is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vandalia are

11,638 jobs are based in Vandalia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vandalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vandalia

11,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Vandalia residents hold

6,747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Vandalia, 2013 → 2023: 10,489 → 11,638. 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.