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Jobs & commute in Meadowview Estates

Work, pay and getting to work in Meadowview Estates

Meadowview Estates has 72 jobs, against 88 working residents. Hardly any stay in Meadowview Estates for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (15%, 3 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S.

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

Day and night

Who leaves Meadowview Estates for work, and who comes in

On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.

88live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
72work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night430
Workday420
430live here− 88head out to work+ 72come in to work= 420on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.82jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

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 Meadowview Estates: the destinations

PaoliSellersburgNew Albany: 3 residents work here (3%)Jeffersonville: 3 residents work here (3%)Muncie: 1 residents work here (1%)Meadowview EstatesDruid HillsWindy HillsWatterson Park: 8 residents work here (9%)St. Matthews: 8 residents work here (9%)ShivelyMiddletown: 2 residents work here (2%)Jeffersontown: 4 residents work here (5%)Lexington: 2 residents work here (2%)Utica Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Louisville: 13 residents work here (15%)LouisvilleWatterson ParkSt. MatthewsJeffersontownNew AlbanyJeffersonvilleMeadowview Estates
1
Louisville2.6 mi away
15%13
2
Watterson Park3.2 mi away
9%8
3
St. Matthews1.8 mi away
9%8
4
Jeffersontown3.8 mi away
5%4
5
New Albany, IN11.9 mi away
3%3
63%3
7
Middletown6.4 mi away
2%2
8
Lexington65.2 mi away
2%2
92%2
10
Muncie, IN137.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%42
The top trips

Where Meadowview Estates 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.

The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Meadowview Estates

Jobs based in Meadowview EstatesJobs Meadowview Estates residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%8%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices100%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%24%
Over $3,333 a month33%65%

Who does it

29 or younger21%16%
30 to 5453%53%
55 and older26%31%
+36%

Jobs based in Meadowview Estates, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 72. 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 Meadowview Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 28 minutes in Meadowview Estates

A year of commuting
215 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Meadowview Estates28 min
Kentucky24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

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

About 0 in 10
How Meadowview Estates gets to work
93%Drive alone
2%Carpool
5%Walk

Share of the 177 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

The commute from Meadowview Estates, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLouisville: 15% · 2.6 miWatterson Park: 9% · 3.2 miSt. Matthews: 9% · 1.8 miJeffersontown: 5% · 3.8 miNew Albany: 3% · 11.9 miJeffersonville: 3% · 8.5 miMiddletown: 2% · 6.4 miLexington: 2% · 65.2 miUtica Township: 2% · 9.9 miMuncie: 1% · 137.1 miLouisville 15%Watterson Park 9%St. Matthews 9%Jeffersontown 5%New Albany 3%Meadowview Estates
Meadowview EstatesTop destinations (size = commuters)
81%Under 10 mi71 residents
7%10–24 mi6 residents
2%25–50 mi2 residents
10%Over 50 mi9 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.

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 Meadowview Estates: questions

What is the median household income in Meadowview Estates?

$56,875 (±$21,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Meadowview Estates?

11.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Meadowview Estates?

28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Meadowview Estates work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (15%, 3 mi), Watterson Park (9%, 3 mi), St. Matthews (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Meadowview Estates without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Meadowview Estates, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Meadowview Estates

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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.