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Jobs & commute in Langdon Place

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Langdon Place works elsewhere

The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average; Kentucky averages 24, the U.S. 26. Employers in Langdon Place report 43 jobs, and 398 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Langdon Place for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (22%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about work in Langdon Place

Langdon Place is a place people come home to

There are 43 jobs based in Langdon Place, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Langdon Place has about 540 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Langdon Place and Louisville trade workers both ways

Louisville is the top workplace for Langdon Place residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Langdon Place come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Most Langdon Place residents work close to home

68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓

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 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who commutes out of Langdon Place, and who commutes in

On a workday 398 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.

398live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
43work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night890
Workday540
890live here− 400head out to work+ 43come in to work= 540on a workday

About 540 people are in Langdon Place on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Langdon Place: the destinations

SellersburgNew AlbanyJeffersonville: 6 residents work here (2%)ColumbusGoose CreekPlantationMeadow ValeLangdon PlaceWatterson Park: 15 residents work here (4%)Hurstbourne: 4 residents work here (1%)Lyndon: 17 residents work here (4%)St. Matthews: 13 residents work here (3%)Shively: 4 residents work here (1%)Middletown: 6 residents work here (2%)La GrangeJeffersontown: 30 residents work here (8%)Lexington: 9 residents work here (2%)Louisville: 89 residents work here (22%)LouisvilleJeffersontownLyndonWatterson ParkSt. MatthewsLexingtonLangdon Place
1
Louisville7.8 mi away
22%89
2
Jeffersontown5.7 mi away
8%30
3
Lyndon1.7 mi away
4%17
4
Watterson Park8.3 mi away
4%15
5
St. Matthews3.9 mi away
3%13
6
Lexington63.5 mi away
2%9
72%6
8
Middletown4.6 mi away
2%6
9
Hurstbourne3.3 mi away
1%4
10
Shively13.8 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%205
The top trips

Where Langdon Place clocks in

Lines 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

Short hops and long hauls from Langdon Place

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miLouisville: 22% · 7.8 miJeffersontown: 8% · 5.7 miLyndon: 4% · 1.7 miWatterson Park: 4% · 8.3 miSt. Matthews: 3% · 3.9 miLexington: 2% · 63.5 miJeffersonville: 2% · 7.1 miMiddletown: 2% · 4.6 miHurstbourne: 1% · 3.3 miShively: 1% · 13.8 miLouisville 22%Jeffersontown 8%Watterson Park 4%St. Matthews 3%Langdon Place
Langdon PlaceTop destinations (size = commuters)
68%Under 10 mi269 residents
21%10–24 mi83 residents
2%25–50 mi6 residents
10%Over 50 mi40 residents

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 jobs

Langdon Place is a services town

Jobs based in Langdon PlaceJobs Langdon Place residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%10%
Trade, transport & utilities5%21%
Services: health, schools, offices95%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less2%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%21%
Over $3,333 a month79%67%

Who does it

29 or younger19%26%
30 to 5463%52%
55 and older19%22%
+330%

Jobs based in Langdon Place, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 43. 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 Langdon Place’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Langdon Place: about 20 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
153 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Langdon Place20 min
Kentucky24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Langdon Place workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Langdon Place gets to work
83%Drive alone
14%Carpool
2%Walk
1%Other

Share of the 396 commuters (the 12% 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.

Next door

Around Langdon Place: the bordering towns

Meadow Vale: few work hereMeadow ValeLangdon Place
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownLangdon Place workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Langdon Place–——20 min$100,313
Meadow Valeunder 2%——23 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Meadow Vale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Langdon Place’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Langdon Place: questions

What is the median household income in Langdon Place?

$100,313 (±$21,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Langdon Place?

3.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Langdon Place?

20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Langdon Place work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (22%, 8 mi), Jeffersontown (8%, 6 mi), Lyndon (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Langdon Place without a car?

0% 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 Langdon Place, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Langdon Place

Langdon Place home →

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.