Work & commute · Kuttawa

Work & commute in Kuttawa, KY

Most working residents leave Kuttawa for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Eddyville (16%), Princeton (10%) and Benton (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 165 Kuttawa residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kuttawa.

165live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kuttawa goes to work

Eddyville2.5 mi away

16%28

Princeton13 mi away

10%17

Kuttawa (in town)right here

7%12

Benton20 mi away

5%8

Madisonville38.7 mi away

5%8

Calvert City15.5 mi away

3%6

Murray32.9 mi away

2%4

Grand Rivers7.6 mi away

2%3

Paducah29.2 mi away

2%3

Bowling Green92.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%85

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

How far

How far Kuttawa commutes

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

37%

25%

16%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kuttawa is a job hub

3.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kuttawa are

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

Jobs based in Kuttawa

591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Kuttawa residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+26%

Jobs based in Kuttawa, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 591. 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.