Most of Wellington commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 22 jobs in Wellington for 279 working residents. Hardly any work in Wellington; the top destination outside it is Louisville (19%, 2 miles). 32% of workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wellington
Most Wellington residents work close to home
82% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Wellington is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Wellington, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wellington has about 320 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wellington and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Wellington residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Wellington come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 279 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Wellington
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.
Who works in Wellington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Wellington 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.
The towns that employ Wellington’s residents
Where Wellington clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
86% of the jobs in Wellington pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 22. 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 Wellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wellington: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellington workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 32% 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.
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 Wellington: questions
What is the median household income in Wellington?
$94,083 (±$16,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellington?
4.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellington?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellington work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (19%, 2 mi), Jeffersontown (5%, 6 mi), St. Matthews (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wellington without a car?
0% 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 Wellington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellington
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.