Work & commute · West Carrollton

Work & commute in West Carrollton, OH

Most working residents leave West Carrollton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (15%), Miamisburg (7%) and Kettering (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

287 of 5,886 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,599 West Carrollton residents head out of town to work, 287 work right here, and 5,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Carrollton.

5,599live here, work elsewhere

287live and work here

5,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Carrollton goes to work

Dayton8.5 mi away

15%864

Miamisburg2.8 mi away

7%383

Kettering5.9 mi away

6%347

Miami3 mi away

5%306

Moraine2 mi away

5%305

West Carrollton (in town)right here

5%287

Beavercreek11.1 mi away

4%227

Washington5.9 mi away

3%191

Centerville6.2 mi away

3%160

Middletown12.9 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,669

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

How far

How far West Carrollton commutes

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

54%

23%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Carrollton are

5,599 jobs are based in West Carrollton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Carrollton

5,599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs West Carrollton residents hold

5,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+5%

Jobs based in West Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 5,313 → 5,599. 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.