Mockingbird Valley has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
8 jobs are based in Mockingbird Valley, against 61 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mockingbird Valley for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (23%, 6 miles). Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Kentucky 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Mockingbird Valley
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Mockingbird Valley on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where Mockingbird Valley goes to work
Where Mockingbird Valley clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Most jobs in Mockingbird Valley are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mockingbird Valley, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 8. 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 Mockingbird Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mockingbird Valley, about 18 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mockingbird Valley workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mockingbird Valley
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mockingbird Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Mockingbird Valley?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mockingbird Valley?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mockingbird Valley?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mockingbird Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (23%, 6 mi), St. Matthews (5%, 3 mi), Hurstbourne (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mockingbird Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mockingbird Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mockingbird Valley
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.