Work & commute · Berea

Work & commute in Berea, KY

About one in 4 of Berea’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richmond (19%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (16%) and Georgetown (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,554 of 6,392 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,838 Berea residents head out of town to work, 1,554 work right here, and 6,557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berea.

4,838live here, work elsewhere

1,554live and work here

6,557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berea goes to work

Berea (in town)right here

24%1,554

Richmond9.7 mi away

19%1,238

Lexington-Fayette urban county32.4 mi away

16%1,038

Georgetown48.1 mi away

2%98

Winchester29.1 mi away

1%82

Frankfort52.2 mi away

1%77

Harrodsburg32.7 mi away

1%74

Somerset38.7 mi away

1%71

Mount Vernon16.2 mi away

1%68

London34.6 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,024

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

How far

How far Berea commutes

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

31%

21%

30%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berea is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Berea are

8,111 jobs are based in Berea. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berea’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berea

8,111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Berea residents hold

6,392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−9%

Jobs based in Berea, 2013 → 2023: 8,883 → 8,111. 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.