Work & commute · Grand Rivers

Work & commute in Grand Rivers, KY

Most working residents leave Grand Rivers for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (19%), Calvert City (6%) and Smithland (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 105 Grand Rivers residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Rivers.

105live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Rivers goes to work

Paducah23 mi away

19%21

Calvert City9.2 mi away

6%7

Grand Rivers (in town)right here

5%6

Smithland13 mi away

5%5

Eddyville10.1 mi away

4%4

Evansville, IN77.9 mi away

3%3

Kuttawa7.6 mi away

3%3

Benton13 mi away

3%3

Princeton20.5 mi away

3%3

Salem17.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%54

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

How far

How far Grand Rivers commutes

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

30%

35%

12%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Rivers is a job hub

3.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Rivers are

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

Jobs based in Grand Rivers

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Grand Rivers residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+12%

Jobs based in Grand Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 401. 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.