Work & commute · Bancroft

Work & commute in Bancroft, KY

Most working residents leave Bancroft for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (8%), Watterson Park (5%) and Lyndon (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Bancroft residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bancroft.

224live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bancroft goes to work

St. Matthews3 mi away

8%19

Watterson Park7.4 mi away

5%11

Lyndon2.1 mi away

4%10

Jeffersontown6 mi away

4%10

Middletown5.8 mi away

3%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county64.9 mi away

2%5

Northfield1.4 mi away

1%3

Graymoor-Devondale1 mi away

1%3

La Grange14.8 mi away

1%3

Stuttgart, AR421.4 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%153

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

How far

How far Bancroft commutes

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

78%

13%

78%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bancroft is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bancroft are

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

Jobs based in Bancroft

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Bancroft residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+180%

Jobs based in Bancroft, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 14. 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.