Work & commute · Doe Valley

Work & commute in Doe Valley, KY

Most working residents leave Doe Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brandenburg (12%), Elizabethtown (5%) and Jeffersontown (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 899 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 885 Doe Valley residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doe Valley.

885live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doe Valley goes to work

Brandenburg4.3 mi away

12%109

Elizabethtown22.6 mi away

5%42

Jeffersontown33.1 mi away

3%30

Lexington-Fayette urban county89.8 mi away

3%26

Watterson Park27.4 mi away

2%19

St. Matthews31.6 mi away

2%18

Radcliff14.3 mi away

2%17

Doe Valley (in town)right here

2%14

Shepherdsville22 mi away

1%13

Bardstown37.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%602

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

How far

How far Doe Valley commutes

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

23%

27%

34%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doe Valley is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Doe Valley are

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

Jobs based in Doe Valley

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Doe Valley residents hold

899 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+12%

Jobs based in Doe Valley, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 94. 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.