Photo: Altairisfar · Public domainHow Dayton works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Dayton for work; outside it, Demopolis is the main destination (20%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across Alabama. No jobs are based in Dayton in the Census job records; 10 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Dayton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14 people are in Dayton on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Dayton to work: where people go
Where Dayton clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Working from home in Dayton
of Dayton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dayton
About 50% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dayton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dayton?
6.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dayton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Demopolis (20%, 15 mi), Tuscaloosa (20%, 61 mi), Linden (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dayton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dayton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dayton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.