Work & commute · Fort Wright

Work & commute in Fort Wright, KY

Most working residents leave Fort Wright for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (16%), Covington (9%) and Florence (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 2,823 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,702 Fort Wright residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 5,484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Wright.

2,702live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

5,484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Wright goes to work

Cincinnati, OH6.7 mi away

16%458

Covington1.1 mi away

9%253

Florence7 mi away

7%197

Fort Wright (in town)right here

4%121

Edgewood2.9 mi away

4%99

Erlanger3.5 mi away

3%82

Fort Mitchell1.1 mi away

3%71

Lexington-Fayette urban county69.6 mi away

2%70

Newport3.8 mi away

2%58

Hebron9.3 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,363

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

How far

How far Fort Wright commutes

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

70%

13%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Wright is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Wright are

5,605 jobs are based in Fort Wright. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Wright’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Wright

5,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fort Wright residents hold

2,823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Fort Wright, 2013 → 2023: 5,628 → 5,605. 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.