Work & commute · Bedford

Work & commute in Bedford, KY

Most working residents leave Bedford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (5%), La Grange (5%) and Buckner (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 227 Bedford residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bedford.

227live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bedford goes to work

Madison, IN12.2 mi away

5%11

La Grange14 mi away

5%11

Buckner15.9 mi away

3%7

St. Matthews29.5 mi away

3%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county60.3 mi away

3%6

Bedford (in town)right here

2%5

Campbellsburg7.2 mi away

2%5

Carrollton10.1 mi away

2%4

Bowling Green127.3 mi away

2%4

Madison, IN13.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%169

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

How far

How far Bedford commutes

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

18%

36%

31%

14%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bedford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bedford are

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

Jobs based in Bedford

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Bedford residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1%

Jobs based in Bedford, 2013 → 2023: 306 → 309. 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.