Briarwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
40 jobs are based in Briarwood, and 203 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Briarwood; the top destination outside it is Louisville (22%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Briarwood, in brief
Briarwood and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Briarwood residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Briarwood come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Briarwood residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Briarwood is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Briarwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Briarwood has about 290 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Briarwood goes to work
Where Briarwood clocks in
5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Briarwood
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Briarwood
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Briarwood on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Most jobs in Briarwood are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briarwood, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 40. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briarwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kentucky
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briarwood workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 14% 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.
Briarwood and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lyndon (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Briarwood’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 2024, 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 Briarwood: questions
What is the median household income in Briarwood?
$73,500 (±$19,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briarwood?
6.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briarwood?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briarwood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (22%, 7 mi), Watterson Park (6%, 8 mi), Lyndon (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Briarwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Briarwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briarwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.