Work & commute · Westwood

Work & commute in Westwood, KY

Most working residents leave Westwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Matthews (7%), Jeffersontown (6%) and Watterson Park (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 277 Westwood residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwood.

277live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwood goes to work

St. Matthews3.6 mi away

7%20

Jeffersontown5.2 mi away

6%16

Watterson Park7.9 mi away

4%12

Lyndon1.2 mi away

4%11

Jeffersonville, IN7.3 mi away

2%6

Rolling Hills0.4 mi away

2%5

Middletown4.3 mi away

2%5

Hurstbourne2.8 mi away

1%4

Lexington-Fayette urban county63.4 mi away

1%4

Buckner10.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%192

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

How far

How far Westwood commutes

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

73%

19%

73%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwood is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwood are

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

Jobs based in Westwood

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Westwood residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+179%

Jobs based in Westwood, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 67. 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.