Work & commute · Island

Work & commute in Island, KY

Most working residents leave Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (19%), Madisonville (7%) and Calhoun (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 158 Island residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island.

158live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island goes to work

Owensboro21.8 mi away

19%31

Madisonville20.8 mi away

7%11

Calhoun9.1 mi away

6%9

Evansville, IN43.2 mi away

4%7

Bowling Green50.8 mi away

4%6

Hanson18.3 mi away

3%4

Hartford14.1 mi away

3%4

Sacramento6.9 mi away

2%3

Livermore3.5 mi away

2%3

Franklin59.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%78

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

How far

How far Island commutes

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

18%

44%

17%

21%

18%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island are

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

Jobs based in Island

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Island residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Island, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 32. 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.