Work & commute · Elkton

Work & commute in Elkton, KY

About one in 5 of Elkton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hopkinsville (17%), Clarksville (5%) and Russellville (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

142 of 668 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 526 Elkton residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkton.

526live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkton goes to work

Elkton (in town)right here

21%142

Hopkinsville17.4 mi away

17%111

Clarksville, TN20.1 mi away

5%35

Russellville14.8 mi away

5%31

Lexington-Fayette urban county170.7 mi away

2%14

Guthrie11.6 mi away

2%12

Bowling Green41.7 mi away

1%9

Paducah83.8 mi away

1%7

Elizabethtown93.4 mi away

1%7

Richmond169.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%295

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

How far

How far Elkton commutes

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

31%

38%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkton is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkton are

1,149 jobs are based in Elkton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkton

1,149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Elkton residents hold

668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+43%

Jobs based in Elkton, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 1,149. 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.