Work & commute · La Grange

Work & commute in La Grange, KY

Most working residents leave La Grange for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Buckner (7%), Jeffersontown (4%) and St. Matthews (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

493 of 4,428 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,935 La Grange residents head out of town to work, 493 work right here, and 4,476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Grange.

3,935live here, work elsewhere

493live and work here

4,476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Grange goes to work

La Grange (in town)right here

11%493

Buckner4.1 mi away

7%295

Jeffersontown16.9 mi away

4%181

St. Matthews17.5 mi away

3%146

Lexington-Fayette urban county55.6 mi away

3%146

Lyndon14.7 mi away

2%78

Middletown13.3 mi away

2%69

Crestwood6.6 mi away

1%64

Watterson Park21.7 mi away

1%61

Jeffersonville, IN18 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%2,840

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

How far

How far La Grange commutes

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

25%

48%

12%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Grange is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Grange are

4,969 jobs are based in La Grange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Grange’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Grange

4,969 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs La Grange residents hold

4,428 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+37%

Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 3,614 → 4,969. 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.