Work & commute · Clarkson

Work & commute in Clarkson, KY

Most working residents leave Clarkson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Leitchfield (29%), Elizabethtown (12%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 344 Clarkson residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkson.

344live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkson goes to work

Leitchfield3 mi away

29%103

Elizabethtown24 mi away

12%44

Lexington-Fayette urban county103.9 mi away

5%16

Clarkson (in town)right here

3%11

Bardstown47.9 mi away

2%7

Bowling Green37.5 mi away

2%7

St. Matthews61.4 mi away

1%4

Shelbyville73.3 mi away

1%4

Jeffersontown60.9 mi away

1%4

Shepherdsville44.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%151

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

How far

How far Clarkson commutes

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

37%

18%

14%

31%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkson are

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

Jobs based in Clarkson

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Clarkson residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+2%

Jobs based in Clarkson, 2013 → 2023: 368 → 374. 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.