Work & commute · Wilberforce

Work & commute in Wilberforce, OH

Most working residents leave Wilberforce for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Xenia (10%), Columbus (6%) and Dayton (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 558 Wilberforce residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilberforce.

558live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilberforce goes to work

Xenia3.7 mi away

10%57

Columbus51.2 mi away

6%35

Dayton17.4 mi away

5%29

Beavercreek9.8 mi away

4%23

Wilberforce (in town)right here

4%23

Springfield15.5 mi away

3%18

Cincinnati51.7 mi away

3%16

Yellow Springs5.8 mi away

2%13

Huber Heights15.7 mi away

2%11

Xenia4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%345

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

How far

How far Wilberforce commutes

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

22%

31%

22%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilberforce is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilberforce are

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

Jobs based in Wilberforce

822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wilberforce residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+3%

Jobs based in Wilberforce, 2013 → 2023: 799 → 822. 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.