Work & commute · Hazel

Work & commute in Hazel, KY

Most working residents leave Hazel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Murray (32%), Mayfield (9%) and Owensboro (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 149 Hazel residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazel.

149live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazel goes to work

Murray7.5 mi away

32%48

Mayfield23.9 mi away

9%14

Owensboro109.1 mi away

3%4

Paducah42.9 mi away

3%4

Benton23.8 mi away

2%3

Jeffersontown191.6 mi away

1%2

Bowling Green109.7 mi away

1%2

Elizabethtown158.1 mi away

1%2

Paris, TN14.7 mi away

1%2

Hazel (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%68

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

How far

How far Hazel commutes

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

49%

19%

11%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazel is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazel are

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

Jobs based in Hazel

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Hazel residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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Jobs based in Hazel, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 37. 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.