Work & commute · Brandenburg

Work & commute in Brandenburg, KY

About one in 5 of Brandenburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (6%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%) and Harrison (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

242 of 1,214 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 972 Brandenburg residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 2,367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandenburg.

972live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

2,367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandenburg goes to work

Brandenburg (in town)right here

20%242

Elizabethtown26.1 mi away

6%71

Lexington-Fayette urban county93.8 mi away

3%38

Harrison, IN13.7 mi away

2%23

Fort Knox13.7 mi away

2%22

Jeffersontown36.2 mi away

2%19

Shepherdsville26.1 mi away

2%19

Hardinsburg21.5 mi away

1%18

St. Matthews34.2 mi away

1%17

Radcliff18.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%729

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

How far

How far Brandenburg commutes

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

28%

19%

37%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandenburg is a job hub

2.15jobs 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 Brandenburg are

2,609 jobs are based in Brandenburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandenburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brandenburg

2,609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Brandenburg residents hold

1,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Brandenburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,592 → 2,609. 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.