Work & commute · Centertown

Work & commute in Centertown, KY

Most working residents leave Centertown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (18%), Owensboro (15%) and Beaver Dam (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 174 Centertown residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centertown.

174live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centertown goes to work

Hartford6.3 mi away

18%31

Owensboro24.4 mi away

15%26

Beaver Dam6.8 mi away

7%12

Bowling Green43.4 mi away

3%5

Evansville, IN49.2 mi away

2%4

Morgantown21.4 mi away

2%4

Central City11.1 mi away

2%4

Leitchfield39.3 mi away

2%3

Hopkinsville47.9 mi away

2%3

Elizabethtown64.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%80

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

How far

How far Centertown commutes

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

30%

28%

26%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centertown is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Centertown are

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

Jobs based in Centertown

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Centertown residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−76%

Jobs based in Centertown, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 11. 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.