Work & commute · Flatwoods

Work & commute in Flatwoods, KY

Most working residents leave Flatwoods for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (28%), Russell (6%) and Huntington (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,995 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,806 Flatwoods residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,093 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flatwoods.

2,806live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,093work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flatwoods goes to work

Ashland6.4 mi away

28%836

Russell1.9 mi away

6%194

Flatwoods (in town)right here

6%189

Huntington, WV17.7 mi away

5%163

Lexington-Fayette urban county99.6 mi away

3%78

Ironton, OH2.7 mi away

3%77

Portsmouth, OH19.8 mi away

2%51

Greenup5.9 mi away

2%50

Westwood4.1 mi away

2%49

Grayson17.3 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,263

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

How far

How far Flatwoods commutes

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

60%

17%

19%

60%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flatwoods is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flatwoods are

1,282 jobs are based in Flatwoods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flatwoods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flatwoods

1,282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Flatwoods residents hold

2,995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Flatwoods, 2013 → 2023: 1,159 → 1,282. 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.