How long is the commute in Dayton?

Average travel time to work in Dayton, OH, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Dayton gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.8 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 71.2
• Carpooled: 9.7
• Transit: 3.7
• Walked: 5.2
• From home: 8.8

Average commute (minutes)

• Dayton: 18.8
• Montgomery County: 19.7
• OH: 20.9
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 8.8% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.1 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.4% of workers in 2015 to 8.8% in the latest estimates.