Work & commute · Mount Washington

Work & commute in Mount Washington, KY

Most working residents leave Mount Washington for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Shepherdsville (8%), Jeffersontown (6%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

483 of 9,336 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,853 Mount Washington residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 2,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Washington.

8,853live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

2,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Washington goes to work

Shepherdsville9 mi away

8%751

Jeffersontown11.3 mi away

6%528

Mount Washington (in town)right here

5%483

Lexington-Fayette urban county59.7 mi away

3%313

Watterson Park12.6 mi away

3%283

St. Matthews15 mi away

3%265

Bardstown16.5 mi away

1%119

Lyndon15.3 mi away

1%107

Hillview7.8 mi away

1%101

Middletown13.9 mi away

1%94

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%6,292

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

How far

How far Mount Washington commutes

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

21%

64%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Washington is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Washington are

2,852 jobs are based in Mount Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Washington

2,852 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mount Washington residents hold

9,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+78%

Jobs based in Mount Washington, 2013 → 2023: 1,599 → 2,852. 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.