Work & commute · Pewee Valley

Work & commute in Pewee Valley, KY

Most working residents leave Pewee Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (7%), St. Matthews (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 745 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 Pewee Valley residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pewee Valley.

740live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pewee Valley goes to work

Jeffersontown8.6 mi away

7%52

St. Matthews9.1 mi away

5%34

Lexington-Fayette urban county59.1 mi away

4%33

Buckner5.7 mi away

3%24

Lyndon6.3 mi away

2%18

La Grange8.5 mi away

2%18

Crestwood2.3 mi away

2%17

Middletown5.1 mi away

2%15

Watterson Park13.2 mi away

2%13

Hurstbourne7.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%513

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

How far

How far Pewee Valley commutes

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

47%

35%

13%

47%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pewee Valley is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pewee Valley are

256 jobs are based in Pewee Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pewee Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pewee Valley

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Pewee Valley residents hold

745 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−36%

Jobs based in Pewee Valley, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 256. 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.