Work & commute · Danville

Work & commute in Danville, KY

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

2,272 of 6,446 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,174 Danville residents head out of town to work, 2,272 work right here, and 10,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danville.

4,174live here, work elsewhere

2,272live and work here

10,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danville goes to work

Danville (in town)right here

35%2,272

Lexington-Fayette urban county32.7 mi away

13%809

Harrodsburg9.7 mi away

5%323

Nicholasville20.9 mi away

3%177

Stanford9.9 mi away

2%125

Frankfort38.7 mi away

2%99

Berea26.6 mi away

1%72

Lebanon26.9 mi away

1%66

Springfield24.5 mi away

1%64

Bardstown39.1 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,375

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

How far

How far Danville commutes

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

45%

25%

21%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danville is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Danville are

12,701 jobs are based in Danville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danville

12,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Danville residents hold

6,446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+10%

Jobs based in Danville, 2013 → 2023: 11,533 → 12,701. 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.