Work & commute · Cannonsburg

Work & commute in Cannonsburg, KY

Most working residents leave Cannonsburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (23%), Huntington (6%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 325 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 319 Cannonsburg residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cannonsburg.

319live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cannonsburg goes to work

Ashland6 mi away

23%74

Huntington, WV14.3 mi away

6%21

Lexington-Fayette urban county98.5 mi away

3%10

Westwood6.8 mi away

2%8

Catlettsburg5.6 mi away

2%7

Ironton, OH10.5 mi away

2%7

Grayson13.4 mi away

2%6

Cannonsburg (in town)right here

2%6

Paintsville39.3 mi away

1%4

Richmond98.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%178

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

How far

How far Cannonsburg commutes

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

57%

18%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cannonsburg is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cannonsburg are

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

Jobs based in Cannonsburg

614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Cannonsburg residents hold

325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1%

Jobs based in Cannonsburg, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 614. 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.