Work & commute · Beattyville

Work & commute in Beattyville, KY

About one in 4 of Beattyville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%), West Liberty (3%) and Jackson (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

115 of 438 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 323 Beattyville residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 1,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beattyville.

323live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

1,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beattyville goes to work

Beattyville (in town)right here

26%115

Lexington-Fayette urban county51.6 mi away

7%31

West Liberty33.2 mi away

3%12

Jackson18.2 mi away

2%9

Campton13.5 mi away

2%7

Stanton19.9 mi away

2%7

Somerset60.3 mi away

1%6

Richmond33.9 mi away

1%6

Hazard35.9 mi away

1%5

Irvine16.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%236

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

How far

How far Beattyville commutes

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

36%

13%

15%

35%

36%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beattyville is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beattyville are

1,209 jobs are based in Beattyville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beattyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Beattyville

1,209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Beattyville residents hold

438 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+15%

Jobs based in Beattyville, 2013 → 2023: 1,050 → 1,209. 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.