Work & commute · Corbin

Work & commute in Corbin, KY

About one in 4 of Corbin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are London (12%), Williamsburg (6%) and Barbourville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

724 of 2,783 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 2,059 Corbin residents head out of town to work, 724 work right here, and 6,447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corbin.

2,059live here, work elsewhere

724live and work here

6,447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corbin goes to work

Corbin (in town)right here

26%724

London13 mi away

12%324

Williamsburg13.8 mi away

6%161

Barbourville12.9 mi away

4%100

Lexington-Fayette urban county79.1 mi away

3%83

North Corbin2.4 mi away

2%65

Middlesborough30.4 mi away

1%28

Somerset29.8 mi away

1%24

Emlyn16.2 mi away

1%22

Frankfort96.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,235

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

How far

How far Corbin commutes

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

44%

30%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corbin is a job hub

2.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Corbin are

7,171 jobs are based in Corbin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corbin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corbin

7,171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Corbin residents hold

2,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+28%

Jobs based in Corbin, 2013 → 2023: 5,601 → 7,171. 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.