More people are out of work in Lebanon Junction (9.8%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns. Lebanon Junction grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Lebanon Junction itself; outside it, Louisville draws the most (18%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lebanon Junction, in brief
Lebanon Junction’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lebanon Junction is Louisville, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (141) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lebanon Junction is a place people come home to
There are 218 jobs based in Lebanon Junction, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lebanon Junction has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lebanon Junction workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 765 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Lebanon Junction’s grade
Job access by car holds Lebanon Junction’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lebanon Junction could be anywhere from D to B.
How many miles Lebanon Junction commutes
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.
How a workday changes Lebanon Junction
On a workday 744 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 197 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lebanon Junction on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Lebanon Junction: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lebanon Junction workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 970 commuters (the 5% 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.
The towns that employ Lebanon Junction’s residents
Where Lebanon Junction clocks in
14% 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.
What the 218 jobs in Lebanon Junction are
218 jobs are based in Lebanon Junction.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lebanon Junction, 2014 → 2024: 222 → 218. 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 Lebanon Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Lebanon Junction, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lebanon Junction is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Kentucky, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,019 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). 5.1% of Lebanon Junction households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lebanon Junction’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lebanon Junction places 4,201st of 5,656 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Audubon Park KY | 1,457 | $101K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,199 | Newton Township OH | 1,778 | $75K | 22.0% | 2.0% | 4% | C− |
| 4,200 | Kremmling CO | 1,451 | $77K | 15.4% | 6.7% | 18% | C− |
| 4,201 | Lebanon Junction KY | 1,837 | $55K | 19.7% | 9.8% | 3% | C− |
| 4,202 | Sabina OH | 2,437 | $49K | 22.7% | 3.8% | 5% | C− |
| 4,203 | Troy Township OH | 2,444 | $56K | 10.3% | 6.1% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Lebanon Junction, 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 Lebanon Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Lebanon Junction?
$54,778 (±$12,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lebanon Junction?
19.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lebanon Junction?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lebanon Junction work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (18%, 25 mi), Shepherdsville (14%, 10 mi), Jeffersontown (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lebanon Junction walkable?
Lebanon Junction is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lebanon Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lebanon Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lebanon Junction
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.