Work & commute · West Chester

Work & commute in West Chester, OH

Most working residents leave West Chester for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (15%), Blue Ash (5%) and Fairfield (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

4,271 of 30,143 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

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,872 West Chester residents head out of town to work, 4,271 work right here, and 48,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Chester.

25,872live here, work elsewhere

4,271live and work here

48,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Chester goes to work

Cincinnati14.5 mi away

15%4,656

West Chester (in town)right here

12%3,498

Blue Ash6.6 mi away

5%1,497

Fairfield6.7 mi away

4%1,283

Mason6.7 mi away

4%1,271

Sharonville4 mi away

4%1,234

Liberty4.2 mi away

3%864

Deerfield6.3 mi away

3%777

Hamilton8.8 mi away

2%711

Columbus88.3 mi away

2%683

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%13,669

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

How far

How far West Chester commutes

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

54%

31%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Chester is a job hub

1.75jobs 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 West Chester are

52,713 jobs are based in West Chester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Chester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Chester

52,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs West Chester residents hold

30,143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+25%

Jobs based in West Chester, 2013 → 2023: 42,196 → 52,713. 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.