Work & commute · Allen

Work & commute in Allen, KY

Most working residents leave Allen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Prestonsburg (23%), Pikeville (13%) and Hazard (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Allen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allen.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allen goes to work

Prestonsburg5.1 mi away

23%11

Pikeville14.4 mi away

13%6

Hazard35.4 mi away

6%3

Lexington-Fayette urban county98.9 mi away

6%3

Morehead56 mi away

4%2

Martin3.5 mi away

2%1

Whitesburg34.5 mi away

2%1

Paintsville15 mi away

2%1

Matewan, WV31.2 mi away

2%1

Charleston, WV78.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%17

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allen commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

18%

16%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allen is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Allen are

81 jobs are based in Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allen

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Allen residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−53%

Jobs based in Allen, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 81. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.