Barbourmeade has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 89 jobs in Barbourmeade; 506 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Barbourmeade is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Barbourmeade is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Barbourmeade at work: what stands out
Barbourmeade and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Barbourmeade residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Barbourmeade come from (28% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Barbourmeade residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Barbourmeade is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Barbourmeade, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Barbourmeade has about 820 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 506 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Barbourmeade’s grade explained
Household income holds Barbourmeade’s grade up ($116,875, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (5.8%) is left out: Barbourmeade’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Barbourmeade could be anywhere from B to A+.
20% of working residents work in Louisville
Where Barbourmeade clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Barbourmeade’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Barbourmeade, and who commutes in
On a workday 506 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Barbourmeade on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Barbourmeade’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barbourmeade, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 89. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barbourmeade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Barbourmeade
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Barbourmeade workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most of Barbourmeade commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 510 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 8% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 54% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Barbourmeade households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Barbourmeade’s commuters take a bus or train.
Barbourmeade next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 445th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 40 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Audubon Park KY | 1,457 | $101K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 443 | Mitchell IL | 1,092 | $60K | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0% | A− |
| 444 | Hamshire TX | 1,388 | $103K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A− |
| 445 | Barbourmeade KY | 1,241 | $117K | 12.0% | 5.8% | 0% | A− |
| 446 | Eagle NE | 1,206 | $77K | 2.4% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 447 | Washington Township OH | 1,529 | $80K | 3.0% | 4.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Barbourmeade, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Next door to Barbourmeade
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Barbourmeade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbourmeade | – | A− | C+ | 21 min | $116,875 |
| Spring Valley | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Goose Creek | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Valley and Goose Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Barbourmeade’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Barbourmeade: questions
What is the median household income in Barbourmeade?
$116,875 (±$13,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barbourmeade?
12.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Barbourmeade?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Barbourmeade work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (20%, 8 mi), Watterson Park (4%, 8 mi), St. Matthews (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Barbourmeade walkable?
Barbourmeade is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Barbourmeade without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barbourmeade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barbourmeade
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.