Shinkle, Amos, Summer Residence · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Crestview Hills has 2.9 jobs per working resident, and 3,986 people come in to work
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.7 in Louisville. Crestview Hills has 4,037 jobs for 1,414 working residents. For jobs and income Crestview Hills is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Crestview Hills stands out on work
Crestview Hills is where the jobs are
Crestview Hills has 4,037 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,900 people are in town, 79% more than the 3,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Crestview Hills workers cross into Ohio
24% of Crestview Hills workers work outside Kentucky, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Cincinnati (12%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Most Crestview Hills residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Crestview Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
What’s behind Crestview Hills’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Crestview Hills’ grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crestview Hills could be anywhere from C to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Crestview Hills
On a workday 1,363 residents head out to work and 51 work right here.
About 5,900 people are in Crestview Hills on a workday afternoon, 79% more 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 the people who work in Crestview Hills live
Where Crestview Hills clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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 it is to work from Crestview Hills
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.
How long Crestview Hills spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crestview Hills workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,464 commuters (the 12% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Crestview Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crestview Hills, 2013 → 2023: 4,186 → 4,037. 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 Crestview Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Crestview Hills is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,656 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 66% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% 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). 9.6% of Crestview Hills households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crestview Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Crestview Hills is 1,733rd of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,731 | Royalton VT | 2,692 | $104K | 13.0% | 0.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,732 | Avalon CA | 3,237 | $105K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 41% | B |
| 1,733 | Crestview Hills KY | 3,301 | $95K | 11.7% | 6.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,734 | Bethel Acres OK | 3,301 | $76K | 11.3% | 2.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,735 | Ingram PA | 3,222 | $71K | 13.4% | 3.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Crestview Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Crestview Hills and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Edgewood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crestview Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Hills | – | B | A | 17 min | $95,441 |
| Edgewood | 4% | A+ | B+ | 20 min | $119,028 |
| Lakeside Park | under 2% | A+ | B− | 21 min | $128,650 |
| Fort Mitchell | 2% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $86,310 |
| Fort Wright | 3% | A | B− | 20 min | $105,024 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crestview Hills’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 Crestview Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Crestview Hills?
$95,441 (±$21,898) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crestview Hills?
11.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crestview Hills?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crestview Hills work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (12%, 9 mi), Florence (9%, 5 mi), Covington (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crestview Hills walkable?
Crestview Hills is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crestview Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 66% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crestview Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crestview Hills
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.