Confederate Martyrs Monument in Jeffersontown · Photo: Bedford at en.wikipedia · Public domainA job hub: Jeffersontown has 2.8 jobs per working resident, and 35,740 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Jeffersontown A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Jeffersontown has 37,437 jobs, against 13,593 working residents. About one in seven stay in Jeffersontown for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (21%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Jeffersontown
Jeffersontown is where the jobs are
Jeffersontown has 37,437 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 53,000 people are in town, 82% more than the 29,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jeffersontown and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Jeffersontown residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Jeffersontown come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Jeffersontown residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Jeffersontown draws workers from far and wide
The 37,437 jobs in Jeffersontown are filled from a wide area. Jeffersontown’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 39%; the other 56% 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 2024, 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 Jeffersontown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Jeffersontown is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #19 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($81,506, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jeffersontown could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Jeffersontown
On a workday 11,896 residents head out to work and 1,697 work right here.
About 53,000 people are in Jeffersontown on a workday afternoon, 82% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Jeffersontown’s workforce comes from
Where Jeffersontown 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.
How far Jeffersontown’s workers travel
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.
65% of the jobs in Jeffersontown pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jeffersontown, 2014 → 2024: 32,675 → 37,437. 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 Jeffersontown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Jeffersontown: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jeffersontown workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,956 commuters (the 15% 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.
In Jeffersontown, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jeffersontown is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #49 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 14,070 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 65% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 19% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 4.7% of Jeffersontown households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jeffersontown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Jeffersontown is 439th among 1,467 U.S. towns of 20,000 to 39,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 437 | Stow OH | 33,941 | $94K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 9% | A− |
| 438 | Washington Township IL | 24,235 | $90K | 6.4% | 2.3% | 14% | A− |
| 439 | Jeffersontown KY | 29,193 | $82K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| 440 | Mill Creek WA | 20,902 | $124K | 6.4% | 4.5% | 3% | A− |
| 441 | South Portland ME | 27,007 | $87K | 6.9% | 2.6% | 20% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 639 | Independence KY | 30,198 | $102K | 8.8% | 4.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Florence KY | 34,018 | $71K | 9.5% | 3.1% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 888 | Erlanger KY | 20,158 | $76K | 13.7% | 4.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,467 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | 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 Jeffersontown, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
How Jeffersontown compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Middletown (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jeffersontown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffersontown | – | A− | B+ | 22 min | $81,506 |
| Forest Hills | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Middletown | 2% | B+ | B | 19 min | $82,537 |
| Douglass Hills | under 1% | B | B− | 19 min | $78,482 |
| Blue Ridge Manor | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hurstbourne Acres | under 1% | A | A | 19 min | $66,891 |
| Hurstbourne | 1% | A | B− | 26 min | $116,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Forest Hills and Blue Ridge Manor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jeffersontown’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Jeffersontown: questions
What is the median household income in Jeffersontown?
$81,506 (±$7,407) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jeffersontown?
6.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jeffersontown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jeffersontown work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (21%, 5 mi), Watterson Park (7%, 6 mi), St. Matthews (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Jeffersontown walkable?
Jeffersontown is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jeffersontown without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 19% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jeffersontown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jeffersontown
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. 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.