Work & commute · West Manchester

Work & commute in West Manchester, OH

Most working residents leave West Manchester for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eaton (18%), Dayton (9%) and Richmond (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 174 West Manchester residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Manchester.

174live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Manchester goes to work

Eaton10.6 mi away

18%32

Dayton24.1 mi away

9%16

Richmond, IN14.9 mi away

7%12

Lewisburg5.7 mi away

5%9

Greenville13.9 mi away

5%9

Jefferson7.9 mi away

5%8

Eldorado2.6 mi away

2%3

Brookville12 mi away

2%3

Centerville31.4 mi away

2%3

Miamisburg26.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%77

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

How far

How far West Manchester commutes

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

17%

49%

25%

10%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Manchester is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Manchester are

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

Jobs based in West Manchester

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs West Manchester residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in West Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 12. 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.