Jeffersonville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. There are 60 jobs in Jeffersonville; 670 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Jeffersonville are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Jeffersonville, in brief
Jeffersonville is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Jeffersonville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Jeffersonville has about 1,500 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Jeffersonville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jeffersonville is Lexington, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Jeffersonville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 670 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Jeffersonville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Jeffersonville is better than 15% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Jeffersonville’s grade.
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Jeffersonville’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, Jeffersonville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Jeffersonville, and who commutes in
On a workday 666 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Jeffersonville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jeffersonville
About 21% 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.
Getting to work from Jeffersonville takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jeffersonville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 545 commuters (the 8% 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.
20% of working residents work in Lexington
Where Jeffersonville clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Jeffersonville: what the 60 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jeffersonville, 2014 → 2024: 48 → 60. 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 Jeffersonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Jeffersonville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jeffersonville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Kentucky, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 591 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). 2.7% of Jeffersonville households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Jeffersonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Jeffersonville next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 4,301st of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,299 | Redwood Valley CA | 1,898 | $64K | 17.3% | 13.7% | 2% | C− |
| 4,300 | Owenton KY | 1,690 | $55K | 14.9% | 6.8% | 10% | C− |
| 4,301 | Jeffersonville KY | 2,137 | $56K | 16.1% | 8.4% | 1% | C− |
| 4,302 | Clyde NY | 2,127 | $62K | 21.7% | 11.6% | 9% | C− |
| 4,303 | Annsville NY | 2,605 | $67K | 15.0% | 7.0% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Jeffersonville, 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 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 Jeffersonville: questions
What is the median household income in Jeffersonville?
$56,250 (±$10,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jeffersonville?
16.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jeffersonville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jeffersonville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (20%, 35 mi), Mount Sterling (10%, 10 mi), Winchester (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Jeffersonville walkable?
Jeffersonville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jeffersonville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jeffersonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jeffersonville
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.