Work & commute · Burkesville

Work & commute in Burkesville, KY

About one in 3 of Burkesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Glasgow (3%), Somerset (3%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

152 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 307 Burkesville residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 1,664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burkesville.

307live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

1,664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burkesville goes to work

Burkesville (in town)right here

33%152

Glasgow34.4 mi away

3%15

Somerset46.8 mi away

3%12

Lexington-Fayette urban county99.9 mi away

2%11

Marrowbone8.2 mi away

2%11

Edmonton19.6 mi away

2%9

Columbia22 mi away

2%9

Tompkinsville19 mi away

2%8

Russell Springs24.1 mi away

2%7

Bowling Green60.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%218

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

How far

How far Burkesville commutes

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

44%

20%

13%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burkesville is a job hub

3.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burkesville are

1,816 jobs are based in Burkesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burkesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burkesville

1,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Burkesville residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+41%

Jobs based in Burkesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,291 → 1,816. 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.