Work & commute · Simpsonville

Work & commute in Simpsonville, KY

Most working residents leave Simpsonville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (9%), Jeffersontown (7%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70 of 1,471 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,401 Simpsonville residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 1,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simpsonville.

1,401live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

1,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simpsonville goes to work

Shelbyville6.3 mi away

9%128

Jeffersontown12 mi away

7%108

Simpsonville (in town)right here

5%70

Lexington-Fayette urban county49.9 mi away

5%69

St. Matthews15.8 mi away

4%57

Middletown9.5 mi away

2%30

Watterson Park18.2 mi away

2%29

Frankfort26.3 mi away

2%27

La Grange12.6 mi away

1%21

Lyndon13.4 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%914

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

How far

How far Simpsonville commutes

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

26%

51%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simpsonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Simpsonville are

1,515 jobs are based in Simpsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Simpsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Simpsonville

1,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Simpsonville residents hold

1,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+198%

Jobs based in Simpsonville, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 1,515. 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.