Work & commute · Emlyn

Work & commute in Emlyn, KY

Most working residents leave Emlyn for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsburg (28%), Corbin (7%) and London (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 108 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 106 Emlyn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emlyn.

106live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emlyn goes to work

Williamsburg3 mi away

28%30

Corbin16.2 mi away

7%8

London29.2 mi away

6%7

Pineville24.3 mi away

4%4

Lexington-Fayette urban county94.3 mi away

3%3

Whitesburg78.4 mi away

2%2

Hazard64.9 mi away

2%2

Emlyn (in town)right here

2%2

Harlan46.6 mi away

1%1

Louisa128.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%48

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

How far

How far Emlyn commutes

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

36%

21%

18%

24%

36%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emlyn is a job hub

3.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emlyn are

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

Jobs based in Emlyn

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Emlyn residents hold

108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+962%

Jobs based in Emlyn, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 414. 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.