Work & commute · Hazard

Work & commute in Hazard, KY

45% of Hazard’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%), Hyden (1%) and Whitesburg (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

779 of 1,736 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 957 Hazard residents head out of town to work, 779 work right here, and 7,245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazard.

957live here, work elsewhere

779live and work here

7,245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazard goes to work

Hazard (in town)right here

45%779

Lexington-Fayette urban county87.5 mi away

4%68

Hyden12.1 mi away

1%26

Whitesburg22.9 mi away

1%26

London49.4 mi away

1%21

Prestonsburg37.4 mi away

1%20

Pikeville39.7 mi away

1%20

Jackson23.2 mi away

1%18

Morehead65.7 mi away

1%15

Paintsville44.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%731

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

How far

How far Hazard commutes

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

55%

10%

11%

25%

55%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazard is a job hub

4.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazard are

8,024 jobs are based in Hazard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazard

8,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hazard residents hold

1,736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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Jobs based in Hazard, 2013 → 2023: 8,036 → 8,024. 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.