Work & commute · Farmers

Work & commute in Farmers, KY

Most working residents leave Farmers for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Morehead (31%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (8%) and Owingsville (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 87 Farmers residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmers.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmers goes to work

Morehead6.3 mi away

31%27

Lexington-Fayette urban county50.2 mi away

8%7

Owingsville11.5 mi away

2%2

Flemingsburg22.6 mi away

2%2

Mount Sterling22.6 mi away

2%2

Flatwoods51.7 mi away

2%2

Georgetown54.5 mi away

2%2

Richmond49.9 mi away

2%2

Hunters Hollow117 mi away

1%1

West Buechel115.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%39

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

How far

How far Farmers commutes

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

41%

16%

36%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmers is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmers are

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

Jobs based in Farmers

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Farmers residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+23%

Jobs based in Farmers, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 49. 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.