Work & commute · Elsmere

Work & commute in Elsmere, KY

Most working residents leave Elsmere for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (12%), Cincinnati (8%) and Erlanger (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 4,487 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,406 Elsmere residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 1,942 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elsmere.

4,406live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

1,942work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elsmere goes to work

Florence2.5 mi away

12%560

Cincinnati, OH11.4 mi away

8%357

Erlanger3.2 mi away

5%241

Covington5.3 mi away

4%184

Hebron7.5 mi away

4%160

Edgewood2.5 mi away

3%122

Francisville10.3 mi away

2%103

Lexington-Fayette urban county66.3 mi away

2%96

Fort Wright5 mi away

2%92

Independence3.8 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%2,490

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

How far

How far Elsmere commutes

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

65%

17%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elsmere is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elsmere are

2,023 jobs are based in Elsmere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elsmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elsmere

2,023 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Elsmere residents hold

4,487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1%

Jobs based in Elsmere, 2013 → 2023: 2,004 → 2,023. 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.