Work & commute · Calhoun

Work & commute in Calhoun, KY

Most working residents leave Calhoun for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (32%), Madisonville (4%) and Beech Grove (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Calhoun residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calhoun.

268live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

501work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calhoun goes to work

Owensboro16.9 mi away

32%94

Calhoun (in town)right here

8%23

Madisonville19.3 mi away

4%12

Beech Grove9 mi away

2%7

Evansville, IN34.4 mi away

2%6

Henderson27 mi away

2%5

Hanson14.7 mi away

1%4

Sorgho14.4 mi away

1%4

Sebree14.4 mi away

1%3

Jeffersonville, IN101.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%131

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

How far

How far Calhoun commutes

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

17%

55%

10%

18%

17%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calhoun is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calhoun are

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

Jobs based in Calhoun

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Calhoun residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−23%

Jobs based in Calhoun, 2013 → 2023: 680 → 524. 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.