Work & commute · Hendron

Work & commute in Hendron, KY

Most working residents leave Hendron for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (50%), Mayfield (3%) and Calvert City (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,885 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,838 Hendron residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hendron.

1,838live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hendron goes to work

Paducah2.6 mi away

50%948

Mayfield20.4 mi away

3%60

Hendron (in town)right here

2%47

Calvert City13.8 mi away

2%41

Massac2.2 mi away

1%27

Murray34 mi away

1%25

Farley4 mi away

1%24

Lexington-Fayette urban county239.7 mi away

1%23

Metropolis, IL8.4 mi away

1%21

Bowling Green122.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%651

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

How far

How far Hendron commutes

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

65%

15%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hendron is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hendron are

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

Jobs based in Hendron

882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hendron residents hold

1,885 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−47%

Jobs based in Hendron, 2013 → 2023: 1,656 → 882. 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.