Households in Windy Hills have higher incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.1% of residents; Kentucky has 16.1%. The two grades for Windy Hills are A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% stay in Windy Hills for work; outside it, Louisville is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Windy Hills apart
Most Windy Hills residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Windy Hills and Louisville trade workers both ways
Louisville is the top workplace for Windy Hills residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Windy Hills come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Windy Hills are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 985 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Windy Hills’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Windy Hills is better than 97% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Windy Hills’ grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Windy Hills could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How far it is to work from Windy Hills
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting out of Windy Hills: the destinations
Where Windy Hills clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Commuting from Windy Hills: about 18 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windy Hills workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 869 commuters (the 16% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Windy Hills
On a workday 966 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Windy Hills on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.39 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Windy Hills’ employers do
385 jobs are based in Windy Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windy Hills, 2014 → 2024: 176 → 385. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windy Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Windy Hills, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Windy Hills is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,039 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 34% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Windy Hills households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Windy Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Windy Hills ranks: 105th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 16 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 104 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 105 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 106 | Allentown NJ | 1,741 | $121K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 107 | Shady Shores TX | 2,998 | $159K | 2.8% | 3.4% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 256 | Graymoor-Devondale KY | 2,832 | $97K | 5.6% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Windy Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Windy Hills and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to St. Matthews (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windy Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Hills | – | A+ | B+ | 18 min | $130,714 |
| St. Matthews | 8% | A− | A− | 20 min | $82,412 |
| Woodlawn Park | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Graymoor-Devondale | under 2% | A | B+ | 22 min | $96,667 |
| Maryhill Estates | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodlawn Park and Maryhill Estates: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Windy 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 2024, 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 Windy Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Windy Hills?
$130,714 (±$19,267) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windy Hills?
5.1%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windy Hills?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windy Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (17%, 6 mi), St. Matthews (8%, 2 mi), Jeffersontown (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Windy Hills walkable?
Windy Hills is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Windy Hills without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windy Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windy Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.