Work & commute · Carrollton

Work & commute in Carrollton, KY

Most working residents leave Carrollton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%), Florence (2%) and Georgetown (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

268 of 1,553 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,285 Carrollton residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 1,271 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrollton.

1,285live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

1,271work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrollton goes to work

Carrollton (in town)right here

17%268

Lexington-Fayette urban county58.5 mi away

3%47

Florence35.3 mi away

2%38

Georgetown44.8 mi away

2%27

Warsaw16.4 mi away

1%22

La Grange22.6 mi away

1%22

York, IN14.7 mi away

1%22

Madison, IN13.6 mi away

1%19

Cincinnati, OH47.7 mi away

1%16

Independence38.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,058

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

How far

How far Carrollton commutes

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

47%

14%

23%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrollton are

1,539 jobs are based in Carrollton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carrollton

1,539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Carrollton residents hold

1,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−22%

Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 1,976 → 1,539. 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.

Work & commute in Carrollton, KY

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Carrollton goes to work

How far Carrollton commutes

Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Carrollton are

Jobs based in Carrollton

Jobs Carrollton residents hold

How to read this page

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