Work & commute · Fort Mitchell

Work & commute in Fort Mitchell, KY

Most working residents leave Fort Mitchell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (14%), Florence (7%) and Covington (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

231 of 4,255 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,024 Fort Mitchell residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 3,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Mitchell.

4,024live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

3,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Mitchell goes to work

Cincinnati, OH7.1 mi away

14%613

Florence6.1 mi away

7%300

Covington2.1 mi away

7%291

Fort Mitchell (in town)right here

5%231

Fort Wright1.1 mi away

4%185

Erlanger2.4 mi away

4%167

Edgewood2.6 mi away

3%140

Hebron8.3 mi away

2%97

Lexington-Fayette urban county69.6 mi away

2%89

Crestview Hills1.6 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,057

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

How far

How far Fort Mitchell commutes

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

71%

11%

15%

71%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Mitchell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Mitchell are

3,733 jobs are based in Fort Mitchell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Mitchell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Mitchell

3,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Fort Mitchell residents hold

4,255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+19%

Jobs based in Fort Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 3,133 → 3,733. 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.