Work & commute · Coldstream

Work & commute in Coldstream, KY

Most working residents leave Coldstream for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (7%), St. Matthews (4%) and Watterson Park (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 615 Coldstream residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldstream.

615live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldstream goes to work

Jeffersontown7.9 mi away

7%41

St. Matthews7.5 mi away

4%27

Watterson Park11.8 mi away

3%20

Lexington-Fayette urban county61 mi away

3%17

Lyndon4.9 mi away

2%13

Jeffersonville, IN9.5 mi away

2%12

Middletown5 mi away

1%8

La Grange9.9 mi away

1%7

Buckner6.6 mi away

1%7

Hurstbourne6.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

75%460

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

How far

How far Coldstream commutes

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

45%

42%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldstream is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coldstream are

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

Jobs based in Coldstream

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Coldstream residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+65%

Jobs based in Coldstream, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 56. 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.