Work & commute · Wilder

Work & commute in Wilder, KY

Most working residents leave Wilder for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (19%), Covington (6%) and Newport (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,633 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

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,614 Wilder residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 2,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilder.

1,614live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

2,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilder goes to work

Cincinnati, OH6.7 mi away

19%313

Covington2 mi away

6%92

Newport2.8 mi away

5%80

Florence9.5 mi away

5%79

Highland Heights1.6 mi away

4%58

Fort Thomas3 mi away

3%46

Lexington-Fayette urban county69.4 mi away

3%41

Edgewood4.8 mi away

2%34

Erlanger6.2 mi away

2%32

Hebron12.1 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%827

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

How far

How far Wilder commutes

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

62%

21%

15%

62%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilder 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 Wilder are

2,032 jobs are based in Wilder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilder

2,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Wilder residents hold

1,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−9%

Jobs based in Wilder, 2013 → 2023: 2,244 → 2,032. 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.