Work & commute · Irvington

Work & commute in Irvington, KY

Most working residents leave Irvington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hardinsburg (7%), Elizabethtown (7%) and Brandenburg (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 477 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 470 Irvington residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irvington.

470live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irvington goes to work

Hardinsburg11.6 mi away

7%33

Elizabethtown25.2 mi away

7%33

Brandenburg10 mi away

5%24

Lexington-Fayette urban county100.2 mi away

4%19

Jeffersontown45 mi away

2%8

Shepherdsville32.6 mi away

2%8

Bowling Green62.8 mi away

2%8

Irvington (in town)right here

1%7

St. Matthews43.6 mi away

1%7

Radcliff19.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%325

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

How far

How far Irvington commutes

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

29%

38%

25%

8%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irvington is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irvington are

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

Jobs based in Irvington

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Irvington residents hold

477 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−31%

Jobs based in Irvington, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 174. 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.