Rolling Hills has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Rolling Hills report 177 jobs, and 370 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rolling Hills itself; outside it, Louisville draws the most (22%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 24% of workers (Kentucky 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rolling Hills
Rolling Hills and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Rolling Hills residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Rolling Hills come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Rolling Hills residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
A lot of Rolling Hills works from home
24% of Rolling Hills 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.
Out of Rolling Hills to work: where people go
Where Rolling Hills clocks in
9% 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.
Half of Rolling Hills commutes less than 8 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the KY average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rolling Hills workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 24% 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.
Who commutes out of Rolling Hills, and who commutes in
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Rolling Hills on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Jobs in Rolling Hills: what the 177 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rolling Hills, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 177. 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 Rolling Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns around Rolling Hills
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rolling Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills | – | — | — | 26 min | $84,375 |
| Meadow Vale | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Westwood | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Meadow Vale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Westwood: the same community as the westwood cdp of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rolling Hills’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 Rolling Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Rolling Hills?
$84,375 (±$32,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rolling Hills?
18.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rolling Hills?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rolling Hills work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (22%, 8 mi), Jeffersontown (9%, 5 mi), Watterson Park (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rolling Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rolling Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rolling Hills
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.