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Work & commute · Dry Ridge

Work & commute in Dry Ridge, KY

Most working residents leave Dry Ridge for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (10%), Williamstown (9%) and Hebron (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
83 of 1,011 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 928 Dry Ridge residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dry Ridge.

928live here, work elsewhere
83live and work here
1,790work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dry Ridge goes to work

CrittendenWaltonDry RidgeErlangerFlorenceCovingtonIndependenceGeorgetownWilliamstownFrankfortLexington-Fayette urban countyCincinnatiHebronFlorenceWilliamstownHebronLexington-Fayette urban countyWaltonCincinnatiErlangerCrittendenCovingtonDry Ridge
1
Florence21.4 mi away
10%97
2
Williamstown3.5 mi away
9%96
3
Dry Ridge (in town)right here
8%83
4
Hebron26.8 mi away
4%37
5
Lexington-Fayette urban county45.2 mi away
3%32
6
Walton12.3 mi away
3%27
7
Cincinnati, OH31.8 mi away
3%27
8
Erlanger24.5 mi away
2%23
9
Crittenden7.1 mi away
2%21
10
Covington24.5 mi away
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%547

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

How far

How far Dry Ridge commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dry Ridge is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dry Ridge are

1,873 jobs are based in Dry Ridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dry Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dry Ridge

1,873 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Dry Ridge residents hold

1,011 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+28%

Jobs based in Dry Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,465 → 1,873. 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.

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