Work & commute · Catlettsburg

Work & commute in Catlettsburg, KY

Most working residents leave Catlettsburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (22%), Huntington (10%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 586 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 543 Catlettsburg residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 1,137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catlettsburg.

543live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

1,137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catlettsburg goes to work

Ashland3.7 mi away

22%129

Huntington, WV9.1 mi away

10%60

Catlettsburg (in town)right here

7%43

Lexington-Fayette urban county104 mi away

3%16

Louisa21.1 mi away

2%14

Grayson18.9 mi away

2%9

Ironton, OH9 mi away

1%8

Cannonsburg5.6 mi away

1%8

Russell8.3 mi away

1%7

Kenova, WV1.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%286

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

How far

How far Catlettsburg commutes

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

60%

12%

24%

60%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catlettsburg is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catlettsburg are

1,180 jobs are based in Catlettsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Catlettsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Catlettsburg

1,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Catlettsburg residents hold

586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+1%

Jobs based in Catlettsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,167 → 1,180. 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.