Work & commute · Inez

Work & commute in Inez, KY

Most working residents leave Inez for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Prestonsburg (5%), Louisa (4%) and West Liberty (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

14 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 118 Inez residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inez.

118live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inez goes to work

Inez (in town)right here

11%14

Prestonsburg18.1 mi away

5%6

Louisa17.2 mi away

4%5

West Liberty39.8 mi away

3%4

Paintsville14.9 mi away

3%4

Lexington-Fayette urban county105.2 mi away

3%4

Pikeville27.1 mi away

2%3

Maysville86.8 mi away

2%2

South Charleston, WV55.6 mi away

2%2

Paoli, IN218.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%87

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

How far

How far Inez commutes

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

31%

26%

14%

30%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inez is a job hub

2.39jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inez are

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

Jobs based in Inez

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Inez residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−59%

Jobs based in Inez, 2013 → 2023: 774 → 316. 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.