Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Loretto has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Loretto has 79 jobs; 329 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Loretto for work; outside it, Bardstown is the main destination (22%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers (Kentucky 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Loretto: the figures worth knowing
Loretto is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Loretto, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Loretto has about 460 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Loretto workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 329 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Loretto, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Loretto on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Loretto
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loretto workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 280 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where Loretto goes to work
Where Loretto clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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 Loretto’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loretto, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 79. 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 Loretto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Loretto works
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.
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 Loretto: questions
What is the median household income in Loretto?
$61,250 (±$10,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loretto?
8.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loretto?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loretto work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bardstown (22%, 13 mi), Lebanon (16%, 9 mi), Louisville (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loretto without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loretto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loretto
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.