Work & commute · Anchorage

Work & commute in Anchorage, KY

Most working residents leave Anchorage for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (6%), Jeffersontown (6%) and Middletown (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,074 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,058 Anchorage residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anchorage.

1,058live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anchorage goes to work

St. Matthews5.6 mi away

6%66

Jeffersontown4.8 mi away

6%64

Middletown2.1 mi away

5%55

Lyndon2.7 mi away

4%47

Watterson Park9.4 mi away

3%35

Lexington-Fayette urban county60.8 mi away

2%25

Anchorage (in town)right here

1%16

Buckner9.5 mi away

1%15

Jeffersonville, IN9.9 mi away

1%10

Northfield5.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%731

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

How far

How far Anchorage commutes

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

53%

35%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anchorage is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anchorage are

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

Jobs based in Anchorage

907 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Anchorage residents hold

1,074 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+62%

Jobs based in Anchorage, 2013 → 2023: 560 → 907. 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.