Work & commute · Jeffersontown

Work & commute in Jeffersontown, KY

Most working residents leave Jeffersontown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (5%), Watterson Park (5%) and Lyndon (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,604 of 13,828 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,224 Jeffersontown residents head out of town to work, 1,604 work right here, and 34,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jeffersontown.

12,224live here, work elsewhere

1,604live and work here

34,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jeffersontown goes to work

Jeffersontown (in town)right here

12%1,604

St. Matthews4.8 mi away

5%677

Watterson Park6.2 mi away

5%669

Lyndon4.1 mi away

3%362

Lexington-Fayette urban county61.5 mi away

2%307

Middletown3.7 mi away

2%238

Hurstbourne2.6 mi away

1%138

Shepherdsville17.1 mi away

1%133

Shelbyville18.2 mi away

1%105

New Albany, IN15.6 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%9,495

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

How far

How far Jeffersontown commutes

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

67%

21%

10%

67%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jeffersontown is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jeffersontown are

36,152 jobs are based in Jeffersontown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jeffersontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jeffersontown

36,152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Jeffersontown residents hold

13,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Jeffersontown, 2013 → 2023: 31,603 → 36,152. 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.