Work & commute · Beech Grove

Work & commute in Beech Grove, KY

Most working residents leave Beech Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (25%), Calhoun (10%) and Evansville (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 Beech Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beech Grove.

99live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beech Grove goes to work

Owensboro17.5 mi away

25%25

Calhoun9 mi away

10%10

Evansville, IN26.6 mi away

6%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county162.4 mi away

4%4

Henderson18.3 mi away

3%3

Frankfort143 mi away

3%3

Bowling Green68.8 mi away

3%3

Elizabethtown82.6 mi away

3%3

Hanson14.9 mi away

2%2

French Lick, IN76.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%40

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

How far

How far Beech Grove commutes

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

18%

47%

11%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beech Grove is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beech Grove are

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

Jobs based in Beech Grove

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Beech Grove residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−24%

Jobs based in Beech Grove, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 74. 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.