Work & commute · Barlow

Work & commute in Barlow, KY

Most working residents leave Barlow for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (24%), La Center (8%) and Calvert City (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 242 Barlow residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barlow.

242live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barlow goes to work

Paducah22.1 mi away

24%61

La Center4.2 mi away

8%20

Barlow (in town)right here

4%9

Calvert City35.8 mi away

3%8

Kevil9.2 mi away

2%6

Wickliffe6.2 mi away

2%6

Clinton26.7 mi away

2%5

Metropolis, IL20.9 mi away

1%3

Cairo, IL8.2 mi away

1%3

Lexington-Fayette urban county260.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%127

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

How far

How far Barlow commutes

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

32%

33%

15%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barlow is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Barlow are

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

Jobs based in Barlow

77 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month4%

Jobs Barlow residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−35%

Jobs based in Barlow, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 77. 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.