Work & commute · Greenup

Work & commute in Greenup, KY

Most working residents leave Greenup for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (15%), Portsmouth (4%) and Huntington (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 420 Greenup residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenup.

420live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenup goes to work

Ashland12.1 mi away

15%69

Greenup (in town)right here

8%36

Portsmouth, OH14.6 mi away

4%16

Huntington, WV23.6 mi away

3%15

Lexington-Fayette urban county95.8 mi away

3%14

Wurtland2.6 mi away

3%12

Flatwoods5.9 mi away

3%12

Russell7.8 mi away

2%11

Grayson17.1 mi away

2%9

Ironton, OH8.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%253

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

How far

How far Greenup commutes

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

32%

39%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenup is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenup are

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

Jobs based in Greenup

793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Greenup residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+29%

Jobs based in Greenup, 2013 → 2023: 616 → 793. 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.