Work & commute · Briarwood

Work & commute in Briarwood, KY

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 200 Briarwood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Briarwood.

200live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Briarwood goes to work

Jeffersontown5.2 mi away

8%16

Watterson Park7.5 mi away

5%10

St. Matthews3.2 mi away

5%9

Lyndon1.1 mi away

4%7

Lexington-Fayette urban county63.8 mi away

3%5

Westwood0.5 mi away

1%2

Rolling Hills0.8 mi away

1%2

Fort Mitchell77.1 mi away

1%2

Anchorage3 mi away

1%2

Middletown4.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%143

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

How far

How far Briarwood commutes

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

70%

19%

70%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Briarwood is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Briarwood are

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

Jobs based in Briarwood

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Briarwood residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+46%

Jobs based in Briarwood, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 38. 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.