Work & commute · Plantation

Work & commute in Plantation, KY

Most working residents leave Plantation for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (7%), St. Matthews (6%) and Lyndon (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 383 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 381 Plantation residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plantation.

381live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plantation goes to work

Jeffersontown5.5 mi away

7%27

St. Matthews3.4 mi away

6%23

Lyndon1.5 mi away

6%22

Watterson Park7.8 mi away

4%14

Jeffersonville, IN6.8 mi away

2%7

Hurstbourne3 mi away

2%6

Shepherdsville21.7 mi away

1%5

Middletown4.9 mi away

1%4

Bowling Green101.3 mi away

1%4

Wildwood2.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%268

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

How far

How far Plantation commutes

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

77%

14%

77%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plantation is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plantation are

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

Jobs based in Plantation

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Plantation residents hold

383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+114%

Jobs based in Plantation, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 178. 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.