Work & commute · High Bridge

Work & commute in High Bridge, KY

Most working residents leave High Bridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (30%), Nicholasville (20%) and Wilmore (14%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 High Bridge residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Bridge.

101live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Bridge goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county19.7 mi away

30%31

Nicholasville8.6 mi away

20%21

Wilmore3.9 mi away

14%14

Georgetown31 mi away

2%2

Somerset51.8 mi away

2%2

High Bridge (in town)right here

2%2

Allen109 mi away

1%1

Hebron Estates54.6 mi away

1%1

Pioneer Village55.1 mi away

1%1

Midway21.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%27

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

How far

How far High Bridge commutes

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

38%

37%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Bridge is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in High Bridge are

51 jobs are based in High Bridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs High Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in High Bridge

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs High Bridge residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in High Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 51. 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.