Work & commute · Lyndon

Work & commute in Lyndon, KY

Most working residents leave Lyndon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (7%), Jeffersontown (6%) and Watterson Park (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

287 of 5,308 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,021 Lyndon residents head out of town to work, 287 work right here, and 12,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyndon.

5,021live here, work elsewhere

287live and work here

12,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyndon goes to work

St. Matthews2.9 mi away

7%346

Jeffersontown4.1 mi away

6%312

Lyndon (in town)right here

5%287

Watterson Park7 mi away

4%233

Middletown3.9 mi away

2%119

Lexington-Fayette urban county63.3 mi away

2%115

Jeffersonville, IN7.9 mi away

1%79

Hurstbourne1.6 mi away

1%55

New Albany, IN13.3 mi away

1%47

Shepherdsville20.4 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%3,672

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

How far

How far Lyndon commutes

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

73%

16%

73%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyndon is a job hub

2.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyndon are

12,973 jobs are based in Lyndon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lyndon

12,973 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lyndon residents hold

5,308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in Lyndon, 2013 → 2023: 11,315 → 12,973. 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.