Work & commute · Farley

Work & commute in Farley, KY

Most working residents leave Farley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (48%), Calvert City (4%) and Mayfield (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,714 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 1,651 Farley residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farley.

1,651live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farley goes to work

Paducah4.4 mi away

48%830

Calvert City9.9 mi away

4%68

Farley (in town)right here

4%63

Mayfield21.2 mi away

2%36

Benton17.7 mi away

1%24

Metropolis, IL9.8 mi away

1%21

Hendron4 mi away

1%18

Murray32.5 mi away

1%17

Lexington-Fayette urban county235.9 mi away

1%17

Bowling Green118.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%606

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

How far

How far Farley commutes

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

64%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farley is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farley are

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

Jobs based in Farley

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Farley residents hold

1,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+4%

Jobs based in Farley, 2013 → 2023: 818 → 849. 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.