With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Thornhill works elsewhere
26% of workers have no commute at all; Kentucky has 10%. 4 jobs are based in Thornhill for 89 working residents. Hardly any stay in Thornhill for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Thornhill
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Thornhill on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Commuting out of Thornhill: the destinations
Where Thornhill clocks in
8% 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.
What Thornhill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thornhill, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. 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 Thornhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Thornhill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thornhill workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 26% 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 in the region Thornhill works
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Thornhill: questions
What is the median household income in Thornhill?
$133,125 (±$60,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thornhill?
0.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thornhill?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thornhill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (15%, 7 mi), Jeffersontown (8%, 6 mi), Watterson Park (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thornhill without a car?
9% 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 Thornhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thornhill
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.