Work & commute · New Castle

Work & commute in New Castle, KY

Most working residents leave New Castle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are La Grange (6%), Jeffersontown (5%) and Eminence (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 387 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 369 New Castle residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Castle.

369live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Castle goes to work

La Grange11.5 mi away

6%23

Jeffersontown26.8 mi away

5%21

New Castle (in town)right here

5%18

Eminence4.8 mi away

3%13

Carrollton17 mi away

3%11

St. Matthews28.4 mi away

3%10

Lexington-Fayette urban county47.2 mi away

2%9

Buckner15.6 mi away

2%9

Watterson Park32.4 mi away

2%7

Middletown23.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%259

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

How far

How far New Castle commutes

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

16%

36%

37%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Castle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Castle are

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

Jobs based in New Castle

561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs New Castle residents hold

387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in New Castle, 2013 → 2023: 540 → 561. 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.