Work & commute · Watterson Park

Work & commute in Watterson Park, KY

Most working residents leave Watterson Park for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (5%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%) and St. Matthews (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 462 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 437 Watterson Park residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 21,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watterson Park.

437live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

21,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watterson Park goes to work

Watterson Park (in town)right here

5%25

Jeffersontown6.2 mi away

5%22

Lexington-Fayette urban county67.4 mi away

3%15

St. Matthews4.5 mi away

3%13

Hillview9.2 mi away

2%7

Shepherdsville14.8 mi away

2%7

Hurstbourne5.8 mi away

1%6

Jeffersonville, IN9.8 mi away

1%5

Shively7.1 mi away

1%5

Mount Washington12.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

76%352

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

How far

How far Watterson Park commutes

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

74%

13%

11%

74%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watterson Park is a job hub

47.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watterson Park are

21,866 jobs are based in Watterson Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Watterson Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Watterson Park

21,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Watterson Park residents hold

462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in Watterson Park, 2013 → 2023: 26,328 → 21,866. 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.