Work & commute · Erlanger

Work & commute in Erlanger, KY

Most working residents leave Erlanger for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (11%), Cincinnati (10%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

554 of 9,537 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,983 Erlanger residents head out of town to work, 554 work right here, and 10,314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erlanger.

8,983live here, work elsewhere

554live and work here

10,314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erlanger goes to work

Florence4.1 mi away

11%1,054

Cincinnati, OH8.6 mi away

10%951

Erlanger (in town)right here

6%554

Covington4.3 mi away

5%515

Edgewood3 mi away

3%318

Hebron6 mi away

3%248

Fort Wright3.5 mi away

2%219

Lexington-Fayette urban county69.4 mi away

2%203

Crestview Hills1.9 mi away

2%193

Independence6.3 mi away

2%179

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%5,103

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

How far

How far Erlanger commutes

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

65%

18%

15%

65%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erlanger is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Erlanger are

10,868 jobs are based in Erlanger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Erlanger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Erlanger

10,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Erlanger residents hold

9,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+40%

Jobs based in Erlanger, 2013 → 2023: 7,739 → 10,868. 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.