McKinney-Helm House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainUnemployment in Radcliff (9.3%) is higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Radcliff is better than 21% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten work in Radcliff itself; outside it, Elizabethtown draws the most (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Radcliff
Job access by car holds Radcliff’s grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Radcliff could be anywhere from C− to C.
The daily commute in and out of Radcliff
On a workday 8,047 residents head out to work, 912 work right here, and 3,994 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Radcliff on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Radcliff’s residents
Where Radcliff clocks in
20% 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 Radcliff
4,906 jobs are based in Radcliff.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Radcliff, 2013 → 2023: 4,996 → 4,906. 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 Radcliff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the KY average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Radcliff workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,994 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Radcliff to work
About 16% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Radcliff commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,928 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Radcliff households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Radcliff’s commuters take a bus or train.
Radcliff next to U.S. towns of 16,000 to 30,000: 1,489th of 1,658 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 248 | Burlington KY | 18,008 | $109K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 377 | Fort Thomas KY | 17,142 | $104K | 6.1% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 493 | Jeffersontown KY | 29,193 | $82K | 6.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,487 | Weirton WV | 18,133 | $60K | 12.6% | 7.1% | 29% | C− |
| 1,488 | Michigan Township IN | 26,881 | $58K | 17.8% | 9.7% | 23% | C− |
| 1,489 | Radcliff KY | 22,576 | $59K | 15.9% | 9.3% | 10% | C− |
| 1,490 | Albertville AL | 23,710 | $56K | 18.2% | 6.0% | 33% | C− |
| 1,491 | Mount Pleasant MI | 20,925 | $45K | 31.4% | 7.6% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,658 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Radcliff, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
23% of Radcliff works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Radcliff workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radcliff | – | C− | B− | 25 min | $58,559 |
| Vine Grove | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $72,560 |
| Fort Knox | 3% | C+ | B | 12 min | $82,663 |
| Elizabethtown | 20% | C | B | 20 min | $60,760 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elizabethtown. Darker towns draw more of Radcliff’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 Radcliff: questions
What is the median household income in Radcliff?
$58,559 (±$2,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Radcliff?
15.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Radcliff?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Radcliff work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elizabethtown (20%, 9 mi), Louisville (12%, 30 mi), Shepherdsville (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Radcliff walkable?
Radcliff is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Radcliff without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Radcliff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Radcliff
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.