Work & commute · Dayton

Work & commute in Dayton, TX

Most working residents leave Dayton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (26%), Baytown (6%) and Liberty (3%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

383 of 3,941 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,558 Dayton residents head out of town to work, 383 work right here, and 3,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dayton.

3,558live here, work elsewhere

383live and work here

3,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dayton goes to work

Houston31.3 mi away

26%1,025

Dayton (in town)right here

10%383

Baytown17.2 mi away

6%223

Liberty9 mi away

3%114

Mont Belvieu11.9 mi away

2%91

Pasadena27.9 mi away

2%84

Austin169.5 mi away

2%72

Deer Park24.7 mi away

2%65

Beaumont47.5 mi away

1%56

La Porte24.8 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,776

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

How far

How far Dayton commutes

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

14%

21%

44%

21%

14%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dayton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dayton are

4,215 jobs are based in Dayton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dayton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dayton

4,215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Dayton residents hold

3,941 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+50%

Jobs based in Dayton, 2013 → 2023: 2,808 → 4,215. 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.