Work & commute · Barbourville

Work & commute in Barbourville, KY

About one in 3 of Barbourville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corbin (7%), London (6%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

362 of 1,070 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 708 Barbourville residents head out of town to work, 362 work right here, and 2,863 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barbourville.

708live here, work elsewhere

362live and work here

2,863work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barbourville goes to work

Barbourville (in town)right here

34%362

Corbin12.9 mi away

7%75

London20.5 mi away

6%65

Lexington-Fayette urban county87.1 mi away

4%38

Williamsburg17.9 mi away

2%24

Pineville12.7 mi away

2%21

Middlesborough19.6 mi away

1%13

Somerset42.7 mi away

1%11

North Corbin13.6 mi away

1%11

Frankfort106.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%441

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

How far

How far Barbourville commutes

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

45%

30%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barbourville is a job hub

3.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barbourville are

3,225 jobs are based in Barbourville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barbourville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barbourville

3,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Barbourville residents hold

1,070 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+6%

Jobs based in Barbourville, 2013 → 2023: 3,044 → 3,225. 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.