Work & commute · Hyden

Work & commute in Hyden, KY

About one in 5 of Hyden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hazard (16%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%) and London (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

14 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Hyden residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 1,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hyden.

54live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

1,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hyden goes to work

Hyden (in town)right here

21%14

Hazard12.1 mi away

16%11

Lexington-Fayette urban county85.1 mi away

7%5

London38.8 mi away

3%2

Prestonsburg49.2 mi away

3%2

Vicco17.8 mi away

1%1

Warfield70.4 mi away

1%1

Fleming-Neon37.1 mi away

1%1

Flemingsburg89.8 mi away

1%1

Manchester21.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%29

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

How far

How far Hyden commutes

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

27%

16%

30%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hyden is a job hub

15.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hyden are

1,040 jobs are based in Hyden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hyden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hyden

1,040 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hyden residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+8%

Jobs based in Hyden, 2013 → 2023: 965 → 1,040. 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.