Work & commute · Edmonton

Work & commute in Edmonton, KY

About one in 4 of Edmonton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Glasgow (18%), Bowling Green (9%) and Horse Cave (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

129 of 562 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 433 Edmonton residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 1,325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edmonton.

433live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

1,325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edmonton goes to work

Edmonton (in town)right here

23%129

Glasgow16.8 mi away

18%99

Bowling Green44.8 mi away

9%48

Horse Cave20.7 mi away

4%25

Lexington-Fayette urban county96.9 mi away

2%14

Columbia19.2 mi away

2%13

Scottsville36.3 mi away

2%13

Elizabethtown51.6 mi away

2%9

Burkesville19.6 mi away

1%8

Tompkinsville20 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%197

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

How far

How far Edmonton commutes

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

26%

32%

19%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edmonton is a job hub

2.59jobs 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 Edmonton are

1,454 jobs are based in Edmonton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edmonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edmonton

1,454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Edmonton residents hold

562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+14%

Jobs based in Edmonton, 2013 → 2023: 1,278 → 1,454. 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.