Work & commute · Cynthiana

Work & commute in Cynthiana, KY

About one in 3 of Cynthiana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (14%), Georgetown (13%) and Paris (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

814 of 2,754 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,940 Cynthiana residents head out of town to work, 814 work right here, and 3,282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cynthiana.

1,940live here, work elsewhere

814live and work here

3,282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cynthiana goes to work

Cynthiana (in town)right here

30%814

Lexington-Fayette urban county25.1 mi away

14%375

Georgetown15.2 mi away

13%354

Paris12.7 mi away

5%145

Frankfort33.2 mi away

1%33

Jeffersontown69.8 mi away

1%28

Richmond45.2 mi away

1%27

Winchester27 mi away

1%21

Nicholasville36.9 mi away

1%21

Elizabethtown97.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%917

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

How far

How far Cynthiana commutes

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

32%

28%

21%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cynthiana is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cynthiana are

4,096 jobs are based in Cynthiana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cynthiana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cynthiana

4,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cynthiana residents hold

2,754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+28%

Jobs based in Cynthiana, 2013 → 2023: 3,193 → 4,096. 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.