Work & commute · Green Spring

Work & commute in Green Spring, KY

Most working residents leave Green Spring for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Watterson Park (5%), Jeffersontown (4%) and St. Matthews (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 310 Green Spring residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Spring.

310live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Spring goes to work

Watterson Park9.2 mi away

5%16

Jeffersontown8.1 mi away

4%14

St. Matthews4.8 mi away

4%12

Lexington-Fayette urban county65.7 mi away

2%7

Northfield2.4 mi away

2%6

Lyndon4 mi away

2%6

Middletown7.2 mi away

2%6

Jeffersonville, IN4.7 mi away

2%5

Shelbyville22 mi away

1%4

Shepherdsville23.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%233

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

How far

How far Green Spring commutes

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

66%

21%

10%

66%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Spring is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Spring are

39 jobs are based in Green Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Spring

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Green Spring residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+86%

Jobs based in Green Spring, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 39. 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.