Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, KY

Most working residents leave Jamestown for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Russell Springs (22%), Somerset (5%) and Columbia (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

109 of 713 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 604 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 1,224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

604live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

1,224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Russell Springs4.2 mi away

22%156

Jamestown (in town)right here

15%109

Somerset26.2 mi away

5%34

Columbia15.5 mi away

4%27

Lexington-Fayette urban county79.8 mi away

4%25

Burkesville21.8 mi away

2%13

Campbellsville29.1 mi away

1%10

Glasgow47.5 mi away

1%8

Bardstown61 mi away

1%7

Richmond66.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%317

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

47%

15%

12%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamestown are

1,333 jobs are based in Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamestown

1,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−23%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 1,736 → 1,333. 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.