Work & commute · Southgate

Work & commute in Southgate, KY

Most working residents leave Southgate for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (17%), Newport (8%) and Covington (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,697 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,680 Southgate residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southgate.

1,680live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southgate goes to work

Cincinnati, OH5.6 mi away

17%294

Newport1.8 mi away

8%136

Covington3.3 mi away

5%84

Florence10.7 mi away

4%75

Fort Thomas1.5 mi away

4%66

Lexington-Fayette urban county70.7 mi away

2%37

Highland Heights2.1 mi away

2%35

Erlanger7.2 mi away

2%33

Edgewood6.1 mi away

2%29

Blue Ash, OH13.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%881

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

How far

How far Southgate commutes

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

62%

21%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southgate is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southgate are

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

Jobs based in Southgate

732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Southgate residents hold

1,697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+49%

Jobs based in Southgate, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 732. 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.