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Jobs & commute in Creekside

Creekside has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any stay in Creekside for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (21%, 8 miles). Creekside has 15 jobs, and 127 of its residents work somewhere. 24% of workers work from home, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Creekside for work, and who comes in

On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

126live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night310
Workday200
310live here− 130head out to work+ 14come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Creekside on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Creekside to work: where people go

CreeksideNorthfield: 4 residents work here (3%)Windy HillsWatterson Park: 5 residents work here (4%)Lyndon: 6 residents work here (5%)Crestwood: 2 residents work here (2%)St. Matthews: 8 residents work here (6%)Middletown: 4 residents work here (3%)Jeffersontown: 7 residents work here (6%)Frankfort: 2 residents work here (2%)ElizabethtownLexington: 2 residents work here (2%)Lafayette TownshipLouisville: 27 residents work here (21%)BucknerLouisvilleSt. MatthewsJeffersontownLyndonWatterson ParkNorthfieldCreekside
1
Louisville8.5 mi away
21%27
2
St. Matthews4.7 mi away
6%8
3
Jeffersontown5.9 mi away
6%7
4
Lyndon2.2 mi away
5%6
5
Watterson Park9.1 mi away
4%5
6
Northfield3.6 mi away
3%4
7
Middletown4.3 mi away
3%4
8
Crestwood6.2 mi away
2%2
9
Frankfort38.8 mi away
2%2
10
Lexington62.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%60
The top trips

Where Creekside clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 40% of Creekside’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in CreeksideJobs Creekside residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%11%
Trade, transport & utilities33%20%
Services: health, schools, offices27%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%14%
Over $3,333 a month93%71%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5467%53%
55 and older33%24%
+114%

Jobs based in Creekside, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 15. 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 Creekside’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Creekside spends getting to work: about 20 minutes

A year of commuting
153 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Creekside20 min
Kentucky24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of Creekside workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Creekside gets to work
94%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 121 commuters (the 24% 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.

How far

The distance from Creekside to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miLouisville: 21% · 8.5 miSt. Matthews: 6% · 4.7 miJeffersontown: 6% · 5.9 miLyndon: 5% · 2.2 miWatterson Park: 4% · 9.1 miNorthfield: 3% · 3.6 miMiddletown: 3% · 4.3 miCrestwood: 2% · 6.2 miFrankfort: 2% · 38.8 miLexington: 2% · 62.8 miLouisville 21%St. Matthews 6%Jeffersontown 6%Creekside
CreeksideTop destinations (size = commuters)
56%Under 10 mi71 residents
34%10–24 mi43 residents
3%25–50 mi4 residents
7%Over 50 mi9 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Creekside: questions

What is the median household income in Creekside?

$135,385 (±$35,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Creekside?

3.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Creekside?

20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Creekside work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (21%, 8 mi), St. Matthews (6%, 5 mi), Jeffersontown (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Creekside without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Creekside, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Creekside

Creekside home →

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.