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Work & commute · Calvert

Work & commute in Calvert, KY

Most working residents leave Calvert for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (21%), Benton (6%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
150 of 979 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 829 Calvert residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 3,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calvert.

829live here, work elsewhere
150live and work here
3,625work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Calvert goes to work

Grand RiversBentonMayfieldPrincetonMurrayCalvert CityOwensboroPaducahLexington-Fayette urban countyMassacReidlandHendronFarleyLedbetterPaducahBentonLexington-Fayette urban countyMurrayGrand RiversMayfieldFarleyPrincetonOwensboroCalvert
1
Paducah13.8 mi away
21%202
2
Calvert City (in town)right here
15%150
3
Benton13.8 mi away
6%62
4
Lexington-Fayette urban county226.4 mi away
2%22
5
Murray30.1 mi away
2%17
6
Grand Rivers9.2 mi away
1%14
7
Mayfield25.4 mi away
1%14
8
Farley9.9 mi away
1%14
9
Princeton28.5 mi away
1%12
10
Owensboro85.6 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%462

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

How far

How far Calvert commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Calvert is a job hub

3.86jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calvert are

3,775 jobs are based in Calvert. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calvert’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calvert

3,775 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)63%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)24%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%
Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Calvert residents hold

979 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+27%

Jobs based in Calvert, 2013 → 2023: 2,982 → 3,775. 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.

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