Photo: STONE8HENGE · Public domainLyndon draws 12,686 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Lyndon are B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Lyndon has 12,973 jobs; 5,308 of its residents have a job. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.7 in Louisville.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lyndon and work: the main findings
Lyndon is where the jobs are
Lyndon has 12,973 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, 68% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Lyndon residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Lyndon and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Lyndon residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Lyndon come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lyndon draws workers from far and wide
The 12,973 jobs in Lyndon are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 40%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Lyndon are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky 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.
The four measures behind Lyndon’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lyndon is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #47 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Lyndon’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($65,679, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lyndon could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Lyndon nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 5,021 residents head out to work and 287 work right here.
About 19,000 people are in Lyndon on a workday afternoon, 68% more 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.
Where in the region Lyndon 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.
The daily trip into Lyndon
Where Lyndon clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Lyndon: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyndon workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,347 commuters (the 15% 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.
Most jobs in Lyndon are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndon, 2013 → 2023: 11,315 → 12,973. 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 Lyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lyndon is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lyndon is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #32 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of 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 6,325 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 4.3% of Lyndon households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lyndon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lyndon next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 1,299th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Francisville KY | 10,565 | $159K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Oakbrook KY | 10,211 | $95K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,297 | Blackhawk Township IL | 9,423 | $65K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,298 | Midlothian IL | 13,841 | $70K | 9.8% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,299 | Lyndon KY | 11,301 | $66K | 9.2% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,300 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| 1,301 | Ridgefield Park NJ | 13,372 | $101K | 11.9% | 9.9% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Lyndon, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Around Lyndon: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to St. Matthews (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon | – | B | A− | 19 min | $65,679 |
| Bellemeade | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Norwood | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| St. Matthews | 7% | A− | A− | 20 min | $82,412 |
| Moorland | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Briarwood | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Graymoor-Devondale | under 1% | A | B+ | 22 min | $96,667 |
| Meadowbrook Farm | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Wildwood | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bellemeade, Norwood, Moorland, Briarwood, Meadowbrook Farm and Wildwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyndon’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 Lyndon: questions
What is the median household income in Lyndon?
$65,679 (±$7,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyndon?
9.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyndon?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyndon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (23%, 6 mi), St. Matthews (7%, 3 mi), Jeffersontown (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyndon walkable?
Lyndon is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyndon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyndon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndon
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.