Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, KY

About one in 3 of Georgetown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (31%), Frankfort (3%) and Richmond (1%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

5,245 of 18,235 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,990 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 5,245 work right here, and 17,552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

12,990live here, work elsewhere

5,245live and work here

17,552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county15.7 mi away

31%5,562

Georgetown (in town)right here

29%5,245

Frankfort18.5 mi away

3%611

Richmond38.8 mi away

1%195

Winchester25.8 mi away

1%172

Paris14.8 mi away

1%169

Nicholasville25.5 mi away

1%150

Cynthiana15.2 mi away

1%145

Versailles17.8 mi away

1%141

Jeffersontown56.3 mi away

1%139

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%5,706

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

43%

36%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

22,797 jobs are based in Georgetown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgetown

22,797 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

18,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+34%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 16,978 → 22,797. 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.