Work & commute · Buckner

Work & commute in Buckner, KY

Most working residents leave Buckner for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are La Grange (5%), Jeffersontown (4%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

218 of 2,285 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,067 Buckner residents head out of town to work, 218 work right here, and 3,533 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckner.

2,067live here, work elsewhere

218live and work here

3,533work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckner goes to work

Buckner (in town)right here

10%218

La Grange4.1 mi away

5%111

Jeffersontown14.2 mi away

4%95

Lexington-Fayette urban county59.1 mi away

3%78

St. Matthews14 mi away

3%76

Lyndon11.4 mi away

3%63

Watterson Park18.4 mi away

2%55

Middletown10.9 mi away

2%40

Frankfort34.5 mi away

1%27

Jeffersonville, IN13.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,497

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

How far

How far Buckner commutes

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

29%

49%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckner is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckner are

3,751 jobs are based in Buckner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckner

3,751 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Buckner residents hold

2,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+89%

Jobs based in Buckner, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 3,751. 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.