Northfield has 4.7 jobs for every working resident: 1,720 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Northfield A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Northfield has 1,728 jobs, against 370 working residents. Measured by household income, Northfield is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Northfield
Northfield fills up on a workday
Northfield has 1,728 jobs, 4.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,400 people are in town, more than double the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Northfield residents work close to home
76% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
A lot of Northfield works from home
37% of Northfield workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. 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 370 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Northfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Northfield is better than 85% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Northfield’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Northfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Northfield could be anywhere from B to A+.
How many people are in Northfield by day
On a workday 362 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 2,400 people are in Northfield on a workday afternoon, 134% 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.
Half of Northfield commutes less than 7 miles
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.
Northfield’s commute takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northfield workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 346 commuters (the 37% 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 Northfield’s workers come from
Where Northfield clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Northfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,728. 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 Northfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Northfield, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northfield is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 12.9% of Northfield households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Northfield next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 192nd of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Coldstream KY | 1,325 | $109K | 2.8% | 0.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Heritage Creek KY | 1,244 | $100K | 2.4% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Verona KY | 1,394 | $145K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Barneveld WI | 1,333 | $114K | 4.6% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 191 | Palmyra WI | 1,230 | $86K | 3.7% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 192 | Northfield KY | 1,015 | $111K | 10.5% | 0.5% | 2% | A− |
| 193 | Buckeystown MD | 1,192 | $134K | 8.0% | 1.8% | 0% | A− |
| 194 | Palm Beach Shores FL | 1,350 | $87K | 5.3% | 9.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Northfield, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Work in the towns next to Northfield
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northfield | – | A− | B− | 19 min | $111,250 |
| Glenview Manor | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Glenview Manor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northfield’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 Northfield: questions
What is the median household income in Northfield?
$111,250 (±$38,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northfield?
10.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northfield?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (17%, 7 mi), St. Matthews (8%, 2 mi), Jeffersontown (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Northfield walkable?
Northfield is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 13.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Northfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northfield
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.