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Jobs & commute in Glenview Hills

Glenview Hills has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Glenview Hills has 5 jobs; 131 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Glenview Hills for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (18%, 7 miles). 19% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Glenview Hills quiets down on a workday

On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

131live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday260
380live here− 130head out to work+ 5come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Glenview Hills on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Glenview Hills to work: where people go

JeffersonvilleGlenview HillsNorthfield: 4 residents work here (3%)Watterson Park: 3 residents work here (2%)Prospect: 4 residents work here (3%)St. Matthews: 7 residents work here (5%)Middletown: 4 residents work here (3%)Florence: 2 residents work here (2%)Jeffersontown: 7 residents work here (5%)Bowling Green: 2 residents work here (2%)Lexington: 6 residents work here (5%)Louisville: 23 residents work here (18%)LouisvilleSt. MatthewsJeffersontownLexingtonNorthfieldProspectGlenview Hills
1
Louisville7.4 mi away
18%23
2
St. Matthews3.2 mi away
5%7
3
Jeffersontown7.2 mi away
5%7
4
Lexington66.5 mi away
5%6
5
Northfield0.7 mi away
3%4
6
Prospect3.9 mi away
3%4
7
Middletown7.4 mi away
3%4
8
Watterson Park7.3 mi away
2%3
9
Florence72 mi away
2%2
10
Bowling Green100.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%69
The top trips

Where Glenview Hills 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

80% of the jobs in Glenview Hills pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Glenview HillsJobs Glenview Hills residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities40%21%
Services: health, schools, offices60%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%16%
Over $3,333 a month80%73%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 5480%47%
55 and older20%34%
−58%

Jobs based in Glenview Hills, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 5. 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 Glenview Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Glenview Hills takes about 19 minutes

A year of commuting
143 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glenview Hills19 min
Kentucky24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

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

About 2 in 10
How Glenview Hills gets to work
93%Drive alone
6%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 147 commuters (the 19% 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

Where in the region Glenview Hills works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLouisville: 18% · 7.4 miSt. Matthews: 5% · 3.2 miJeffersontown: 5% · 7.2 miLexington: 5% · 66.5 miNorthfield: 3% · 0.7 miProspect: 3% · 3.9 miMiddletown: 3% · 7.4 miWatterson Park: 2% · 7.3 miFlorence: 2% · 72 miBowling Green: 2% · 100.9 miLouisville 18%St. Matthews 5%Jeffersontown 5%Northfield 3%Glenview Hills
Glenview HillsTop destinations (size = commuters)
74%Under 10 mi96 residents
9%10–24 mi12 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
17%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 17% 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 2024.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Glenview Hills: questions

What is the median household income in Glenview Hills?

$158,125 (±$32,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Glenview Hills?

0.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Glenview Hills?

19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Glenview Hills work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (18%, 7 mi), St. Matthews (5%, 3 mi), Jeffersontown (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Glenview Hills without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Glenview Hills, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Glenview Hills

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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.