Work & commute · Frenchburg

Work & commute in Frenchburg, KY

Most working residents leave Frenchburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (13%), Morehead (7%) and Mount Sterling (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 197 Frenchburg residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frenchburg.

197live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frenchburg goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county45.9 mi away

13%27

Frenchburg (in town)right here

8%17

Morehead18.9 mi away

7%15

Mount Sterling19.4 mi away

5%10

Winchester31.1 mi away

3%7

West Liberty19.5 mi away

2%4

Richmond40 mi away

2%4

Ashland63.6 mi away

1%3

Bowling Green168.3 mi away

1%3

Owingsville14.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%122

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

How far

How far Frenchburg commutes

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

20%

33%

20%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frenchburg is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frenchburg are

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

Jobs based in Frenchburg

338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Frenchburg residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−26%

Jobs based in Frenchburg, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 338. 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.