Work & commute · Shively

Work & commute in Shively, KY

Most working residents leave Shively for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Watterson Park (5%), Jeffersontown (3%) and St. Matthews (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 6,819 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,624 Shively residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 4,668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shively.

6,624live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

4,668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shively goes to work

Watterson Park7.1 mi away

5%358

Jeffersontown13.3 mi away

3%233

Shively (in town)right here

3%195

St. Matthews10.2 mi away

3%172

Lexington-Fayette urban county74.5 mi away

2%152

Jeffersonville, IN11.3 mi away

2%120

Lyndon13.1 mi away

1%71

Shepherdsville16.2 mi away

1%66

New Albany, IN7.9 mi away

1%62

Middletown16.2 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

78%5,340

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

How far

How far Shively commutes

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

67%

21%

10%

67%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shively is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shively are

4,863 jobs are based in Shively. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shively’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shively

4,863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Shively residents hold

6,819 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+5%

Jobs based in Shively, 2013 → 2023: 4,641 → 4,863. 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.