With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hebron Estates works elsewhere
128 jobs are based in Hebron Estates; 569 of its residents have a job. Hebron Estates grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hebron Estates: the gist
Hebron Estates and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Hebron Estates residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Hebron Estates come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hebron Estates is a place people come home to
There are 128 jobs based in Hebron Estates, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hebron Estates has about 620 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 569 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Hebron Estates: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Hebron Estates is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Hebron Estates’ grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,861, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (18.8%) is left out: Hebron Estates’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hebron Estates could be anywhere from C to B+.
22% of working residents work in Louisville
Where Hebron Estates clocks in
7% of workers
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.
Who leaves Hebron Estates for work, and who comes in
On a workday 567 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Hebron Estates on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Jobs in Hebron Estates: what the 128 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron Estates, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 128. 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 Hebron Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Hebron Estates
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron Estates workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 410 commuters (the 17% 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.
The distance from Hebron Estates to work
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.
Getting around Hebron Estates: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebron Estates is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 495 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). 0.6% of Hebron Estates households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hebron Estates is 1,259th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Heritage Creek KY | 1,244 | $100K | 2.4% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,257 | Blue Ridge TX | 1,265 | $77K | 20.6% | 2.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,258 | Rapid River Township MI | 1,301 | $72K | 4.9% | 1.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,259 | Hebron Estates KY | 1,056 | $55K | 13.2% | 18.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,260 | St. Marys Township IN | 1,301 | $89K | 11.9% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,261 | Southwest Madison Township PA | 1,049 | $93K | 8.4% | 0.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Hebron Estates, 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 Hebron Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron Estates?
$54,861 (±$23,937) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron Estates?
13.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron Estates?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron Estates work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (22%, 10 mi), Shepherdsville (7%, 5 mi), Jeffersontown (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron Estates walkable?
Hebron Estates is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron Estates 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 Hebron Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron Estates
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.