Work & commute · West Buechel

Work & commute in West Buechel, KY

Most working residents leave West Buechel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jeffersontown (7%), Watterson Park (3%) and St. Matthews (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 590 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 581 West Buechel residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Buechel.

581live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

2,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Buechel goes to work

Jeffersontown5.4 mi away

7%41

Watterson Park0.8 mi away

3%20

St. Matthews4.1 mi away

3%16

Lexington-Fayette urban county66.6 mi away

2%14

Shepherdsville14.8 mi away

2%13

Middletown8.6 mi away

2%11

Lyndon6.4 mi away

2%10

Utica, IN11.6 mi away

2%10

West Buechel (in town)right here

2%9

Jeffersonville, IN9.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%439

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

How far

How far West Buechel commutes

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

80%

11%

80%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Buechel is a job hub

3.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Buechel are

2,030 jobs are based in West Buechel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Buechel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Buechel

2,030 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Buechel residents hold

590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+19%

Jobs based in West Buechel, 2013 → 2023: 1,711 → 2,030. 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.