Work & commute · Northfield

Work & commute in Northfield, KY

Most working residents leave Northfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (8%), Jeffersontown (5%) and Watterson Park (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 370 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

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 362 Northfield residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 1,720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield.

362live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

1,720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield goes to work

St. Matthews2.5 mi away

8%31

Jeffersontown6.6 mi away

5%19

Watterson Park6.8 mi away

4%14

Lexington-Fayette urban county66.2 mi away

4%14

Prospect4.5 mi away

2%9

Northfield (in town)right here

2%8

Lyndon3.1 mi away

2%8

Middletown7 mi away

2%7

Frankfort42.3 mi away

2%6

New Albany, IN10.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%249

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

How far

How far Northfield commutes

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

76%

12%

76%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield is a job hub

4.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield are

1,728 jobs are based in Northfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northfield

1,728 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Northfield residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−9%

Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,728. 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.