Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Lakeside Park earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
1.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 16.1% across Kentucky. The two grades for Lakeside Park are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Hardly any stay in Lakeside Park for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lakeside Park
Lakeside Park is a place people come home to
There are 189 jobs based in Lakeside Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeside Park has about 1,600 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lakeside Park residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
A lot of Lakeside Park workers cross into Ohio
19% of Lakeside Park workers work outside Kentucky, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Cincinnati (11%) is one of the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A young workforce
30% of Lakeside Park’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Lakeside Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lakeside Park is among the top U.S. towns, #2 of 142 in Kentucky. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lakeside Park’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakeside Park could be anywhere from A to A+.
Lakeside Park by day and by night
On a workday 1,385 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Lakeside Park on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Lakeside Park
About 15% 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 towns that employ Lakeside Park’s residents
Where Lakeside Park clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lakeside Park
189 jobs are based in Lakeside Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside Park, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 189. 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 Lakeside Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Lakeside Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeside Park workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,344 commuters (the 3% 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.
Getting around Lakeside Park: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeside Park is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #81 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 1,390 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 9.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 92% 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). 1.0% of Lakeside Park households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeside Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lakeside Park places 15th of 4,703 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | One Loudoun VA | 3,309 | $241K | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 14 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 16 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 250 | Graymoor-Devondale KY | 2,832 | $97K | 5.6% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 476 | Simpsonville KY | 3,183 | $91K | 6.8% | 1.8% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Lakeside Park, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Next door to Lakeside Park
The biggest share goes to Fort Mitchell (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakeside Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Park | – | A+ | B− | 21 min | $128,650 |
| Fort Mitchell | 3% | A− | B+ | 19 min | $86,310 |
| Crestview Hills | 2% | B | A | 17 min | $95,441 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakeside Park’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 Lakeside Park: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside Park?
$128,650 (±$66,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside Park?
1.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside Park?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (11%, 8 mi), Florence (9%, 5 mi), Covington (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeside Park walkable?
Lakeside Park is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 11.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeside Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside Park
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.