Work & commute · Wildwood

Work & commute in Wildwood, KY

Most working residents leave Wildwood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lyndon (7%), Jeffersontown (7%) and St. Matthews (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 125 Wildwood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildwood.

125live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildwood goes to work

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

How far

How far Wildwood commutes

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

71%

16%

12%

71%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildwood is a job hub

4.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildwood are

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

Jobs based in Wildwood

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Wildwood residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−40%

Jobs based in Wildwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,031 → 618. 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.