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Jobs & commute in New Hope

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Hope works elsewhere

New Hope has 10 jobs; 65 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in New Hope itself; outside it, Bardstown draws the most (32%, 14 miles). The poverty rate is 66.1%, next to 16.1% for Kentucky as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

10 jobs based here
Poverty
66.1%
Kentucky 16.1%
Unemployment
100.0%
Kentucky 4.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 65 working residents
Day and night

Who commutes out of New Hope, and who commutes in

On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.

65live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night62
Workday7
62live here− 65head out to work+ 10come in to work= 7on a workday

About 7 people are in New Hope on a workday afternoon, 89% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places New Hope commutes to

Speedway: 1 residents work here (2%)Fort Wayne: 1 residents work here (2%)MuldraughNew Haven: 2 residents work here (3%)Watterson Park: 2 residents work here (3%)Fort Wright: 1 residents work here (2%)Jeffersontown: 2 residents work here (3%)Radcliff: 2 residents work here (3%)Bardstown: 21 residents work here (32%)Elizabethtown: 4 residents work here (6%)Louisville: 3 residents work here (5%)New HopeBardstownElizabethtownLouisvilleNew HavenWatterson ParkJeffersontownNew Hope
1
Bardstown13.5 mi away
32%21
2
Elizabethtown21.2 mi away
6%4
3
Louisville39.8 mi away
5%3
4
New Haven5.2 mi away
3%2
5
Watterson Park40.5 mi away
3%2
6
Jeffersontown40.2 mi away
3%2
7
Radcliff27.2 mi away
3%2
8
Speedway, IN155 mi away
2%1
9
Fort Wayne, IN240 mi away
2%1
10
Fort Wright111.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%26
The top trips

Where New Hope clocks in

32% of workers
13.5 mi awayBardstown21 New Hope residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
21.2 mi awayElizabethtown4 New Hope residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Louisville
5% of workers
39.8 mi awayLouisville3 New Hope residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

Making and building: 30% of jobs based in New Hope

Jobs based in New HopeJobs New Hope residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms30%40%
Trade, transport & utilities70%14%
Services: health, schools, offices0%46%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less60%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%62%

Who does it

29 or younger30%18%
30 to 5440%62%
55 and older30%20%

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 New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Miles to work from New Hope

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBardstown: 32% · 13.5 miElizabethtown: 6% · 21.2 miLouisville: 5% · 39.8 miNew Haven: 3% · 5.2 miWatterson Park: 3% · 40.5 miJeffersontown: 3% · 40.2 miRadcliff: 3% · 27.2 miSpeedway: 2% · 155 miFort Wayne: 2% · 240 miFort Wright: 2% · 111.2 miBardstown 32%Elizabethtown 6%Louisville 5%New Haven 3%Watterson Park 3%New Hope
New HopeTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi6 residents
55%10–24 mi36 residents
18%25–50 mi12 residents
17%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in New Hope: questions

What is the poverty rate in New Hope?

66.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in New Hope work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bardstown (32%, 14 mi), Elizabethtown (6%, 21 mi), Louisville (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from New Hope, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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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.