Work & commute · Cawood

Work & commute in Cawood, KY

Most working residents leave Cawood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Middlesborough (7%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%) and Harlan (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 167 Cawood residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cawood.

167live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cawood goes to work

Middlesborough29.8 mi away

7%11

Lexington-Fayette urban county109.4 mi away

5%8

Harlan5.9 mi away

4%6

Pineville26.4 mi away

2%4

Hazard32.5 mi away

2%4

Barbourville36.4 mi away

2%3

Richmond87.4 mi away

2%3

Morristown, TN40.7 mi away

2%3

Lawrenceburg125.6 mi away

1%2

Corbin49 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%123

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

How far

How far Cawood commutes

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

27%

21%

43%

27%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cawood is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cawood are

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

Jobs based in Cawood

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Cawood residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+0%

Jobs based in Cawood, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 15. 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.