Work & commute · Earlington

Work & commute in Earlington, KY

Most working residents leave Earlington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madisonville (36%), Owensboro (3%) and Hanson (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 402 Earlington residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Earlington.

402live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Earlington goes to work

Madisonville4.4 mi away

36%147

Owensboro39.5 mi away

3%14

Hanson10 mi away

3%13

Paducah64.2 mi away

3%12

Princeton23.9 mi away

3%11

Lexington-Fayette urban county174.9 mi away

2%10

Hopkinsville30.2 mi away

2%8

Henderson39.1 mi away

1%6

Evansville, IN49.3 mi away

1%5

Earlington (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%176

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

How far

How far Earlington commutes

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

44%

11%

19%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Earlington is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Earlington are

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

Jobs based in Earlington

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Earlington residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−38%

Jobs based in Earlington, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 128. 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.