Work & commute · Augusta

Work & commute in Augusta, KY

Most working residents leave Augusta for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Maysville (15%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%) and Brooksville (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

58 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 273 Augusta residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Augusta.

273live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Augusta goes to work

Augusta (in town)right here

18%58

Maysville14 mi away

15%50

Lexington-Fayette urban county56.3 mi away

7%23

Brooksville7.3 mi away

5%16

Claryville24.1 mi away

4%12

Georgetown45.7 mi away

2%6

Flemingsburg27.8 mi away

2%5

Falmouth19.1 mi away

1%4

Morehead50.1 mi away

1%4

Lyndon92.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%150

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

How far

How far Augusta commutes

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

29%

25%

15%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Augusta is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Augusta are

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

Jobs based in Augusta

497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Augusta residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 519 → 497. 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.