Work & commute · Florence

Work & commute in Florence, KY

Most working residents leave Florence for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (8%), Covington (4%) and Hebron (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,692 of 15,732 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,040 Florence residents head out of town to work, 2,692 work right here, and 29,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florence.

13,040live here, work elsewhere

2,692live and work here

29,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florence goes to work

Florence (in town)right here

17%2,692

Cincinnati, OH12.7 mi away

8%1,188

Covington7.5 mi away

4%592

Hebron5.8 mi away

4%560

Erlanger4.1 mi away

4%557

Lexington-Fayette urban county66.6 mi away

3%445

Independence6 mi away

2%324

Francisville8.9 mi away

2%317

Edgewood4.9 mi away

2%281

Burlington4.4 mi away

1%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%8,561

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

How far

How far Florence commutes

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

60%

19%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florence 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 Florence are

32,491 jobs are based in Florence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florence

32,491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Florence residents hold

15,732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+21%

Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 26,842 → 32,491. 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.