Work & commute · West Milton

Work & commute in West Milton, OH

Most working residents leave West Milton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (11%), Dayton (9%) and Vandalia (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

154 of 2,019 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,865 West Milton residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Milton.

1,865live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Milton goes to work

Troy8 mi away

11%230

Dayton13.8 mi away

9%190

West Milton (in town)right here

8%154

Vandalia9 mi away

4%84

Tipp City7.4 mi away

3%70

Columbus71 mi away

3%59

Union4 mi away

3%55

Englewood6.6 mi away

3%54

Piqua13.7 mi away

2%49

Huber Heights13.3 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,027

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

How far

How far West Milton commutes

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

39%

34%

11%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Milton is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Milton are

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

Jobs based in West Milton

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs West Milton residents hold

2,019 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in West Milton, 2013 → 2023: 711 → 669. 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.