Photo: Dough4872 · Public domainHebron draws 10,275 commuters a day, with 3.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 10,522 jobs in Hebron, and 3,404 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Hebron are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hebron stands out on work
Jobs in Hebron have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Hebron went from 3,955 in 2013 to 10,522 in 2023, +166%. The jobs ↓
Hebron fills up on a workday
Hebron has 10,522 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 14,000 people are in town, more than double the 6,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
70% of the jobs in Hebron are in trade, transport and utilities, against 30% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Hebron draws workers from far and wide
The 10,522 jobs in Hebron are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 35%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hebron
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hebron is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #23 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Hebron’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hebron could be anywhere from B to A+.
What Hebron’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron, 2013 → 2023: 3,955 → 10,522. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Hebron, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,157 residents head out to work and 247 work right here.
About 14,000 people are in Hebron on a workday afternoon, 111% 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.
Who travels to work in Hebron, and from where
Where Hebron clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Hebron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,101 commuters (the 13% 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 it is to work from Hebron
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.
The commute in Hebron is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebron is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #102 of 142 in Kentucky. 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 3,557 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 43% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% 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). 2.9% of Hebron households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hebron ranks: 786th of 3,255 U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 169 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 268 | Fort Wright KY | 6,240 | $105K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 784 | Port Sheldon Township MI | 5,480 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.2% | 2% | A− |
| 785 | Gilford NH | 7,898 | $117K | 6.2% | 1.3% | 15% | A− |
| 786 | Hebron KY | 6,407 | $107K | 10.0% | 3.2% | 7% | A− |
| 787 | Valley Center KS | 7,685 | $77K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 9% | A− |
| 788 | West Haven-Sylvan OR | 7,674 | $110K | 10.4% | 3.6% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,255 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Hebron and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Francisville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hebron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | – | A− | C+ | 22 min | $106,719 |
| Burlington | 2% | A | C+ | 23 min | $109,308 |
| Francisville | 3% | A+ | D | 25 min | $159,371 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hebron’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 Hebron: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron?
$106,719 (±$7,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron?
10.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Florence (14%, 6 mi), Cincinnati (8%, 12 mi), Covington (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron walkable?
Hebron is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 43% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hebron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron
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.