Work & commute · Fleming-Neon

Work & commute in Fleming-Neon, KY

Most working residents leave Fleming-Neon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Whitesburg (18%), Hazard (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Fleming-Neon residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fleming-Neon.

137live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fleming-Neon goes to work

Whitesburg8.6 mi away

18%26

Fleming-Neon (in town)right here

6%9

Hazard27.5 mi away

5%8

Lexington-Fayette urban county112.3 mi away

4%6

Pikeville21.5 mi away

3%5

McRoberts2.5 mi away

3%4

Elkhorn City21.1 mi away

2%3

Jenkins3.3 mi away

2%3

Prestonsburg33.4 mi away

2%3

Inez47.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%77

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

How far

How far Fleming-Neon commutes

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

34%

21%

18%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fleming-Neon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fleming-Neon are

169 jobs are based in Fleming-Neon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fleming-Neon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fleming-Neon

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Fleming-Neon residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+397%

Jobs based in Fleming-Neon, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 169. 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.