Work & commute · Guthrie

Work & commute in Guthrie, KY

Most working residents leave Guthrie for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Clarksville (13%), Hopkinsville (12%) and Elkton (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 351 Guthrie residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guthrie.

351live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guthrie goes to work

Clarksville, TN11.5 mi away

13%51

Hopkinsville21.6 mi away

12%45

Elkton11.6 mi away

11%41

Guthrie (in town)right here

8%30

Russellville19.9 mi away

3%12

Owensboro76.6 mi away

2%7

Paducah86.8 mi away

2%7

Allensville7.1 mi away

2%6

Bowling Green46.4 mi away

1%5

Mayfield82.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%174

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

How far

How far Guthrie commutes

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

21%

50%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guthrie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guthrie are

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

Jobs based in Guthrie

369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Guthrie residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+67%

Jobs based in Guthrie, 2013 → 2023: 221 → 369. 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.