Work & commute · Vine Grove

Work & commute in Vine Grove, KY

Most working residents leave Vine Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (18%), Radcliff (9%) and Shepherdsville (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 2,494 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,445 Vine Grove residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vine Grove.

2,445live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vine Grove goes to work

Elizabethtown9.4 mi away

18%455

Radcliff2.7 mi away

9%231

Shepherdsville19.3 mi away

4%97

Fort Knox5.6 mi away

3%86

Lexington-Fayette urban county84.7 mi away

3%78

Jeffersontown35.4 mi away

2%57

St. Matthews35.6 mi away

2%55

Vine Grove (in town)right here

2%49

Bowling Green62.7 mi away

1%34

Brandenburg16.7 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,323

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

How far

How far Vine Grove commutes

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

34%

19%

30%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vine Grove is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vine Grove are

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

Jobs based in Vine Grove

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Vine Grove residents hold

2,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+57%

Jobs based in Vine Grove, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 422. 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.