Work & commute · Fort Thomas

Work & commute in Fort Thomas, KY

Most working residents leave Fort Thomas for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (21%), Newport (5%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

672 of 8,567 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

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,895 Fort Thomas residents head out of town to work, 672 work right here, and 3,826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Thomas.

7,895live here, work elsewhere

672live and work here

3,826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Thomas goes to work

Cincinnati, OH4.8 mi away

21%1,804

Fort Thomas (in town)right here

8%672

Newport1.6 mi away

5%471

Covington4.7 mi away

5%444

Florence12 mi away

4%326

Lexington-Fayette urban county72 mi away

2%205

Highland Heights3.2 mi away

2%179

Edgewood7.5 mi away

2%156

Blue Ash, OH11.9 mi away

2%137

Fort Wright4.9 mi away

1%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%4,056

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

How far

How far Fort Thomas commutes

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

61%

23%

15%

61%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Thomas is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Thomas are

4,498 jobs are based in Fort Thomas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Thomas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Thomas

4,498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Thomas residents hold

8,567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+18%

Jobs based in Fort Thomas, 2013 → 2023: 3,827 → 4,498. 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.