Photo: Nyttend · Public domainBromley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Hardly any stay in Bromley for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). 134 jobs are based in Bromley, against 370 working residents. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bromley apart on work
Most Bromley residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A longer commute than the towns next door
Bromley averages 25 minutes each way, more than any bordering town (20 to 22 minutes). Next door ↓
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 370 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Bromley to work
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 works in Bromley, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Bromley on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Bromley goes to work
Where Bromley clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Bromley works in goods: 44% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bromley, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 134. 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 Bromley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bromley, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bromley workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 commuters (the 11% 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.
Next door is work for 19% of Bromley
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bromley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromley | – | — | — | 25 min | $71,000 |
| Ludlow | 6% | C+ | A | 21 min | $65,284 |
| Villa Hills | under 2% | A | C+ | 22 min | $107,859 |
| Crescent Springs | under 2% | B | C | 20 min | $83,066 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cincinnati. Darker towns draw more of Bromley’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 Bromley: questions
What is the median household income in Bromley?
$71,000 (±$36,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bromley?
3.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bromley?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bromley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (13%, 5 mi), Covington (8%, 4 mi), Florence (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bromley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bromley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bromley
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.