Work & commute · Bardwell

Work & commute in Bardwell, KY

Most working residents leave Bardwell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (16%), Mayfield (4%) and Wickliffe (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

31 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 262 Bardwell residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bardwell.

262live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bardwell goes to work

Paducah24.2 mi away

16%46

Bardwell (in town)right here

11%31

Mayfield22.3 mi away

4%12

Wickliffe7.5 mi away

3%8

Calvert City35.9 mi away

2%7

La Center13.9 mi away

2%5

Murray42.1 mi away

1%4

Martin, TN38.1 mi away

1%4

Clinton14.5 mi away

1%3

Princeton64.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%170

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

How far

How far Bardwell commutes

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

31%

20%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bardwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bardwell are

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

Jobs based in Bardwell

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bardwell residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+0%

Jobs based in Bardwell, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 300. 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.