Green Spring has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 39 jobs in Green Spring; 313 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Green Spring itself; outside it, Louisville draws the most (19%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 32% of workers, against 10% across Kentucky.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Green Spring
Green Spring is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Green Spring, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Spring has about 460 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Spring and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Green Spring residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Green Spring come from (46% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Green Spring
32% of Green Spring workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. 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; with 313 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Green Spring
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Green Spring on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Green Spring goes to work
Where Green Spring clocks in
4% 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.
The daily trip from Green Spring: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Spring workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 32% 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.
67% of the jobs in Green Spring pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Spring, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 39. 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 Green Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Green Spring’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Next door to Green Spring
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Spring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Spring | – | — | — | 22 min | $170,313 |
| Prospect | under 2% | A | C− | 22 min | $163,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Spring’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 Green Spring: questions
What is the median household income in Green Spring?
$170,313 (±$31,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Spring?
0.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Spring?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Spring work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (19%, 9 mi), Watterson Park (5%, 9 mi), Jeffersontown (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green Spring without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Spring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Spring
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.