Work & commute · Crestwood

Work & commute in Crestwood, KY

Most working residents leave Crestwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (6%), Buckner (5%) and St. Matthews (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 3,048 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,958 Crestwood residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 1,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crestwood.

2,958live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

1,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crestwood goes to work

Jeffersontown10.8 mi away

6%172

Buckner3.5 mi away

5%162

St. Matthews10.9 mi away

4%124

Lexington-Fayette urban county59.2 mi away

3%106

Crestwood (in town)right here

3%90

Lyndon8.2 mi away

3%82

Watterson Park15.2 mi away

2%73

Middletown7.4 mi away

2%65

La Grange6.6 mi away

2%65

Shelbyville16.3 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%2,077

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

How far

How far Crestwood commutes

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

39%

43%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crestwood is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crestwood are

1,613 jobs are based in Crestwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crestwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crestwood

1,613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Crestwood residents hold

3,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+36%

Jobs based in Crestwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,190 → 1,613. 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.