Work & commute · Hurstbourne

Work & commute in Hurstbourne, KY

Most working residents leave Hurstbourne for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (7%), Watterson Park (5%) and St. Matthews (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,900 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,837 Hurstbourne residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 5,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurstbourne.

1,837live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

5,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurstbourne goes to work

Jeffersontown2.6 mi away

7%135

Watterson Park5.8 mi away

5%98

St. Matthews2.6 mi away

5%96

Lyndon1.6 mi away

4%81

Hurstbourne (in town)right here

3%63

Middletown3.8 mi away

2%43

Lexington-Fayette urban county63.1 mi away

2%43

Shelbyville19.6 mi away

1%21

Jeffersonville, IN8.9 mi away

1%20

Shively12.4 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,282

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

How far

How far Hurstbourne commutes

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

74%

12%

11%

74%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurstbourne is a job hub

2.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurstbourne are

5,374 jobs are based in Hurstbourne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hurstbourne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hurstbourne

5,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hurstbourne residents hold

1,900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−3%

Jobs based in Hurstbourne, 2013 → 2023: 5,538 → 5,374. 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.