Work & commute · Park Hills

Work & commute in Park Hills, KY

Most working residents leave Park Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (17%), Covington (10%) and Florence (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,601 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,570 Park Hills residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Hills.

1,570live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Hills goes to work

Cincinnati, OH5.2 mi away

17%274

Covington2.3 mi away

10%153

Florence8 mi away

6%102

Fort Wright1.5 mi away

5%79

Erlanger4.1 mi away

3%44

Newport2.8 mi away

2%38

Lexington-Fayette urban county71 mi away

2%35

Park Hills (in town)right here

2%31

Fort Mitchell2 mi away

2%28

Blue Ash, OH14.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%790

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

How far

How far Park Hills commutes

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

70%

16%

14%

70%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Hills is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Hills are

563 jobs are based in Park Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park Hills

563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Park Hills residents hold

1,601 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−20%

Jobs based in Park Hills, 2013 → 2023: 705 → 563. 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.