Work & commute · Bardstown

Work & commute in Bardstown, KY

About one in 3 of Bardstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (3%), Shepherdsville (3%) and Jeffersontown (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

2,191 of 6,423 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,232 Bardstown residents head out of town to work, 2,191 work right here, and 11,383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bardstown.

4,232live here, work elsewhere

2,191live and work here

11,383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bardstown goes to work

Bardstown (in town)right here

34%2,191

Elizabethtown24.5 mi away

3%192

Shepherdsville17.6 mi away

3%183

Jeffersontown27.5 mi away

3%176

Lexington-Fayette urban county56.5 mi away

2%154

St. Matthews31.4 mi away

1%76

Lebanon20.2 mi away

1%72

Bowling Green79.1 mi away

1%65

Watterson Park28.9 mi away

1%62

Owensboro90.8 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,190

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

How far

How far Bardstown commutes

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

40%

13%

32%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bardstown is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bardstown are

13,574 jobs are based in Bardstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bardstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bardstown

13,574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bardstown residents hold

6,423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+22%

Jobs based in Bardstown, 2013 → 2023: 11,096 → 13,574. 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.