Work & commute · Shepherdsville

Work & commute in Shepherdsville, KY

Most working residents leave Shepherdsville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (4%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%) and Watterson Park (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,134 of 7,368 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,234 Shepherdsville residents head out of town to work, 1,134 work right here, and 14,932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shepherdsville.

6,234live here, work elsewhere

1,134live and work here

14,932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shepherdsville goes to work

Shepherdsville (in town)right here

15%1,134

Jeffersontown17.1 mi away

4%278

Lexington-Fayette urban county67.8 mi away

3%238

Watterson Park14.8 mi away

2%173

Hillview5.6 mi away

2%167

St. Matthews18.8 mi away

2%164

Elizabethtown21.5 mi away

2%158

Bardstown17.6 mi away

2%137

Mount Washington9 mi away

1%77

Lyndon20.4 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%4,773

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

How far

How far Shepherdsville commutes

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

25%

58%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shepherdsville is a job hub

2.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shepherdsville are

16,066 jobs are based in Shepherdsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shepherdsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shepherdsville

16,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Shepherdsville residents hold

7,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+43%

Jobs based in Shepherdsville, 2013 → 2023: 11,244 → 16,066. 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.