Work & commute · Walton

Work & commute in Walton, KY

Most working residents leave Walton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (11%), Cincinnati (6%) and Covington (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 2,824 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,639 Walton residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 3,320 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walton.

2,639live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

3,320work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walton goes to work

Florence9.2 mi away

11%311

Walton (in town)right here

7%185

Cincinnati, OH20.1 mi away

6%171

Covington13 mi away

4%123

Hebron14.8 mi away

3%93

Erlanger12.3 mi away

3%90

Lexington-Fayette urban county57.4 mi away

3%81

Edgewood10.5 mi away

2%66

Independence7.5 mi away

2%59

Fort Wright13.4 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,591

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

How far

How far Walton commutes

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

34%

44%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walton are

3,505 jobs are based in Walton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walton

3,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Walton residents hold

2,824 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+58%

Jobs based in Walton, 2013 → 2023: 2,217 → 3,505. 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.