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Work & commute in Meadowbrook Farm · A commuter town

100% of Meadowbrook Farm’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Meadowbrook Farm for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lyndon (9%), St. Matthews (7%) and Watterson Park (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 45 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
16 min
Less than KY (24 min)
Work from home
13%
More than KY (10%)
Jobs based here
5
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Meadowbrook Farm?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

9% of working residents work in Lyndon

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Meadowbrook FarmMeadow ValeNorthfield: 1 residents work here (2%)Graymoor-Devondale: 1 residents work here (2%)Watterson Park: 2 residents work here (4%)Hurstbourne: 2 residents work here (4%)Lyndon: 4 residents work here (9%)St. Matthews: 3 residents work here (7%)Shively: 1 residents work here (2%)Middletown: 1 residents work here (2%)Hillview: 1 residents work here (2%)ShelbyvilleJeffersontown: 2 residents work here (4%)LyndonSt. MatthewsWatterson ParkHurstbourneJeffersontownNorthfieldMeadowbrook Farm
1
Lyndon1.3 mi away
9%4
2
St. Matthews4 mi away
7%3
3
Watterson Park8.2 mi away
4%2
4
Hurstbourne2.8 mi away
4%2
5
Jeffersontown5 mi away
4%2
6
Northfield3.4 mi away
2%1
72%1
8
Shively14.1 mi away
2%1
9
Middletown3.9 mi away
2%1
10
Hillview16.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%27
The top trips

Where Meadowbrook Farm clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kentucky

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
120 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Meadowbrook Farm16 min
Kentucky24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Meadowbrook Farm workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Meadowbrook Farm quiets down on a workday

On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

45live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday69
110live here− 45head out to work+ 5come in to work= 69on a workday

About 69 people are in Meadowbrook Farm on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Meadowbrook Farm commutes less than 8 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miLyndon: 9% · 1.3 miSt. Matthews: 7% · 4 miWatterson Park: 4% · 8.2 miHurstbourne: 4% · 2.8 miJeffersontown: 4% · 5 miNorthfield: 2% · 3.4 miGraymoor-Devondale: 2% · 2.3 miShively: 2% · 14.1 miMiddletown: 2% · 3.9 miHillview: 2% · 16.3 miLyndon 9%St. Matthews 7%Watterson Park 4%Hurstbourne 4%Jeffersontown 4%Meadowbrook Farm
Meadowbrook FarmTop destinations (size = commuters)
59%Under 10 mi26 residents
41%10–24 mi18 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
0%Over 50 mi0 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Meadowbrook FarmJobs Meadowbrook Farm residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities20%9%
Services: health, schools, offices80%76%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%22%
Over $3,333 a month60%67%

Who does it

29 or younger40%22%
30 to 5460%42%
55 and older0%36%
+400%

Jobs based in Meadowbrook Farm, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Meadowbrook Farm and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Lyndon (9%). Darker towns draw more of Meadowbrook Farm’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Meadowbrook Farm16 min
Lyndon19 min
Meadow Vale23 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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