Crutcher House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Eminence are lower than in 95% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 26.6% of residents, next to 16.1% for Kentucky as a whole. Jobs and income earn Eminence D; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 7% work in Eminence; the top destination outside it is Louisville (11%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eminence and work: the main findings
Eminence makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Eminence are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eminence residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Eminence’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eminence is Louisville, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (129) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Eminence’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eminence is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #113 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Eminence’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,734, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eminence could be anywhere from D to C+.
Eminence works in goods: 48% of its jobs
823 jobs are based in Eminence.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eminence, 2013 → 2023: 892 → 823. 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 Eminence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Eminence
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 leaves Eminence for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,118 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 737 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Eminence on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Eminence’s residents
Where Eminence clocks in
8% of workers
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.
From Eminence, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eminence workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,009 commuters (the 5% 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.
Getting around Eminence: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eminence is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #89 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of 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 1,066 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 17.1% of Eminence households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eminence’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800, Eminence comes 3,986th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,984 | New Ellenton SC | 2,338 | $58K | 17.3% | 9.1% | 3% | D |
| 3,985 | Oxford NY | 3,562 | $61K | 18.5% | 5.3% | 6% | D |
| 3,986 | Eminence KY | 2,823 | $42K | 26.6% | 6.8% | 7% | D |
| 3,987 | Lake Arthur LA | 2,569 | $54K | 23.3% | 4.7% | 10% | D |
| 3,988 | Anderson MO | 2,073 | $54K | 17.7% | 5.3% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Eminence, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
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 Eminence: questions
What is the median household income in Eminence?
$41,734 (±$9,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eminence?
26.6%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eminence?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eminence work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (11%, 29 mi), Shelbyville (8%, 11 mi), New Castle (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eminence walkable?
Eminence is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eminence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eminence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eminence
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.