Work & commute · Elizabethtown

Work & commute in Elizabethtown, KY

About one in 3 of Elizabethtown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Radcliff (3%), Shepherdsville (3%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

4,677 of 13,013 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,336 Elizabethtown residents head out of town to work, 4,677 work right here, and 22,265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elizabethtown.

8,336live here, work elsewhere

4,677live and work here

22,265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elizabethtown goes to work

Elizabethtown (in town)right here

36%4,677

Radcliff8.6 mi away

3%403

Shepherdsville21.5 mi away

3%377

Lexington-Fayette urban county81 mi away

3%370

St. Matthews39.9 mi away

3%345

Jeffersontown38.6 mi away

2%228

Bardstown24.5 mi away

2%212

Bowling Green58.7 mi away

1%141

Fort Knox13.8 mi away

1%114

Frankfort64.8 mi away

1%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%6,036

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

How far

How far Elizabethtown commutes

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

47%

28%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elizabethtown is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elizabethtown are

26,942 jobs are based in Elizabethtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elizabethtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elizabethtown

26,942 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Elizabethtown residents hold

13,013 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+8%

Jobs based in Elizabethtown, 2013 → 2023: 24,885 → 26,942. 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.