Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, KY

About one in 4 of Springfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bardstown (11%), Lebanon (10%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

373 of 1,399 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,026 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 2,267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

1,026live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

2,267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Springfield (in town)right here

27%373

Bardstown15.5 mi away

11%152

Lebanon8.9 mi away

10%135

Lexington-Fayette urban county47.8 mi away

3%45

Danville24.5 mi away

3%40

Elizabethtown36.2 mi away

2%31

Bowling Green83.2 mi away

1%18

Campbellsville25.3 mi away

1%15

St. Matthews44.6 mi away

1%14

Jeffersontown40.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%562

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

How far

How far Springfield commutes

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

42%

19%

25%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

2,640 jobs are based in Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Springfield

2,640 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

1,399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+27%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,081 → 2,640. 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.