Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, KY

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (20%), Covington (6%) and Florence (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

613 of 6,791 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,178 Newport residents head out of town to work, 613 work right here, and 8,092 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

6,178live here, work elsewhere

613live and work here

8,092work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Cincinnati, OH3.9 mi away

20%1,343

Newport (in town)right here

9%613

Covington3.9 mi away

6%424

Florence10.8 mi away

5%351

Lexington-Fayette urban county72.3 mi away

2%151

Fort Thomas1.6 mi away

2%143

Erlanger6.9 mi away

2%138

Blue Ash, OH12.3 mi away

2%103

Edgewood6.6 mi away

1%96

Hebron12 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,339

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

62%

21%

15%

62%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

8,705 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

8,705 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Newport residents hold

6,791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 6,954 → 8,705. 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.