Work & commute · Fordsville

Work & commute in Fordsville, KY

Most working residents leave Fordsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (28%), Hartford (10%) and Henderson (2%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 155 Fordsville residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fordsville.

155live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fordsville goes to work

Owensboro23.4 mi away

28%47

Hartford15.7 mi away

10%17

Fordsville (in town)right here

8%13

Henderson49.1 mi away

2%4

Evansville, IN50.8 mi away

2%3

Hawesville17.8 mi away

2%3

Ohio, IN44.7 mi away

2%3

Ferdinand, IN41.7 mi away

1%2

Hardinsburg17.4 mi away

1%2

Frankfort108.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%72

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

How far

How far Fordsville commutes

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

10%

56%

15%

19%

10%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fordsville is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fordsville are

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

Jobs based in Fordsville

419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fordsville residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−26%

Jobs based in Fordsville, 2013 → 2023: 564 → 419. 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.