Work & commute · Kevil

Work & commute in Kevil, KY

Most working residents leave Kevil for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (28%), La Center (5%) and Calvert City (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 213 Kevil residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kevil.

213live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kevil goes to work

Paducah13.2 mi away

28%63

La Center5.1 mi away

5%11

Kevil (in town)right here

4%9

Calvert City27 mi away

4%8

Wickliffe13.7 mi away

3%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county251.2 mi away

2%4

Hendron13.5 mi away

2%4

Bowling Green135.3 mi away

1%3

Metropolis, IL11.7 mi away

1%2

Barlow9.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%110

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

How far

How far Kevil commutes

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

26%

45%

10%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kevil is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kevil are

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

Jobs based in Kevil

309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Kevil residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+212%

Jobs based in Kevil, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 309. 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.