James Young House and Inn · Photo: LisaGS · CC BY-SA 4.0West Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S. 35 jobs are based in West Point, against 452 working residents. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
West Point at work: what stands out
West Point is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in West Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday West Point has about 480 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
West Point and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for West Point residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in West Point come from (34% 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 452 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
West Point by day and by night
On a workday 444 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in West Point on a workday afternoon, 47% 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.
26% of working residents work in Louisville
Where West Point clocks in
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.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in West Point
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 35. 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 West Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from West Point: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Point workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 3% 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 West Point to work
About 18% 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.
26% of West Point works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Point | – | — | — | 28 min | $37,449 |
| Louisville | 26% | B− | A | 22 min | $69,866 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Louisville. Darker towns draw more of West Point’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 West Point: questions
What is the median household income in West Point?
$37,449 (±$8,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Point?
32.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Point?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Point work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (26%, 22 mi), Shepherdsville (4%, 14 mi), Lexington (4%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Point without a car?
3% 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 West Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Point
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.