Work & commute · Cave

Work & commute in Cave, KY

Most working residents leave Cave for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Glasgow (20%), Bowling Green (14%) and Horse Cave (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 877 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 821 Cave residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cave.

821live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cave goes to work

Glasgow9.5 mi away

20%178

Bowling Green28.1 mi away

14%125

Horse Cave3.5 mi away

12%108

Cave City (in town)right here

6%56

Lexington-Fayette urban county103.4 mi away

2%21

Munfordville10.3 mi away

2%20

Franklin43.7 mi away

1%11

Elizabethtown39.3 mi away

1%11

Scottsville30 mi away

1%10

Park City5.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%329

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

How far

How far Cave commutes

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

41%

14%

22%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cave is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cave are

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

Jobs based in Cave

796 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Cave residents hold

877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+8%

Jobs based in Cave, 2013 → 2023: 736 → 796. 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.