Work & commute · Loretto

Work & commute in Loretto, KY

Most working residents leave Loretto for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bardstown (22%), Lebanon (16%) and Springfield (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 329 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 318 Loretto residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loretto.

318live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loretto goes to work

Bardstown12.6 mi away

22%72

Lebanon8.8 mi away

16%52

Springfield10.3 mi away

4%14

Loretto (in town)right here

3%11

Elizabethtown27 mi away

2%7

Shepherdsville28.9 mi away

2%5

Lexington-Fayette urban county58 mi away

2%5

St. Matthews44 mi away

1%4

Danville33.8 mi away

1%4

Frankfort47.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%151

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

How far

How far Loretto commutes

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

35%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loretto is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loretto are

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

Jobs based in Loretto

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Loretto residents hold

329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−13%

Jobs based in Loretto, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 79. 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.