Work & commute · Crofton

Work & commute in Crofton, KY

Most working residents leave Crofton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hopkinsville (43%), Madisonville (4%) and Oak Grove (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 246 Crofton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crofton.

246live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crofton goes to work

Hopkinsville14.4 mi away

43%108

Madisonville20.2 mi away

4%10

Oak Grove26.1 mi away

2%6

Clarksville, TN34.1 mi away

2%6

Owensboro53 mi away

2%5

Crofton (in town)right here

2%4

Morganfield49.4 mi away

2%4

Lexington-Fayette urban county179.4 mi away

2%4

Jeffersontown131.8 mi away

1%3

Frankfort163.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%97

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

How far

How far Crofton commutes

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

59%

24%

9%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crofton is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crofton are

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

Jobs based in Crofton

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Crofton residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−33%

Jobs based in Crofton, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 72. 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.