Work & commute · Flat Lick

Work & commute in Flat Lick, KY

Most working residents leave Flat Lick for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Barbourville (24%), Corbin (9%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 250 Flat Lick residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Lick.

250live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Lick goes to work

Barbourville7.1 mi away

24%60

Corbin19.9 mi away

9%23

Lexington-Fayette urban county91.7 mi away

4%9

North Corbin20.6 mi away

4%9

London26.3 mi away

3%7

Hazard42.8 mi away

2%5

Pineville6.7 mi away

2%4

Middlesborough15.4 mi away

2%4

Georgetown107.2 mi away

2%4

Williamsburg23.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%125

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

How far

How far Flat Lick commutes

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

35%

27%

12%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Lick is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Lick are

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

Jobs based in Flat Lick

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month62%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Flat Lick residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+100%

Jobs based in Flat Lick, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 42. 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.