Work & commute · Wright-Patterson AFB

Work & commute in Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Most working residents leave Wright-Patterson AFB for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dayton (9%), Beavercreek (8%) and Columbus (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 305 Wright-Patterson AFB residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 2,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wright-Patterson AFB.

305live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

2,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wright-Patterson AFB goes to work

Dayton8.4 mi away

9%29

Beavercreek5.9 mi away

8%25

Columbus57.4 mi away

8%24

Fairborn2.7 mi away

4%13

Cincinnati53.1 mi away

3%10

Wright-Patterson AFB (in town)right here

3%8

Kettering10.3 mi away

2%7

Huber Heights4.2 mi away

2%6

Springfield15.3 mi away

2%6

Shiloh9.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%179

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

How far

How far Wright-Patterson AFB commutes

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

37%

17%

30%

37%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wright-Patterson AFB is a job hub

9.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

9.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wright-Patterson AFB are

3,002 jobs are based in Wright-Patterson AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wright-Patterson AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wright-Patterson AFB

3,002 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Wright-Patterson AFB residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+62%

Jobs based in Wright-Patterson AFB, 2013 → 2023: 1,855 → 3,002. 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.