Work & commute · Irvine

Work & commute in Irvine, KY

Most working residents leave Irvine for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (21%), Richmond (10%) and Winchester (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

87 of 781 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 694 Irvine residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irvine.

694live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irvine goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county35.8 mi away

21%166

Irvine (in town)right here

11%87

Richmond18.2 mi away

10%76

Winchester24.4 mi away

5%41

Berea19.3 mi away

2%19

Stanton12.2 mi away

2%13

Georgetown49.7 mi away

2%13

Jeffersontown94.1 mi away

1%9

Frankfort59.8 mi away

1%8

London40.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%343

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

How far

How far Irvine commutes

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

22%

23%

33%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irvine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Irvine are

1,041 jobs are based in Irvine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irvine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Irvine

1,041 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Irvine residents hold

781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Irvine, 2013 → 2023: 1,054 → 1,041. 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.