Work & commute · Lawrenceburg

Work & commute in Lawrenceburg, KY

Most working residents leave Lawrenceburg for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (18%), Frankfort (16%) and Georgetown (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

763 of 4,971 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 4,208 Lawrenceburg residents head out of town to work, 763 work right here, and 2,856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrenceburg.

4,208live here, work elsewhere

763live and work here

2,856work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrenceburg goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county24.3 mi away

18%904

Frankfort11.4 mi away

16%781

Lawrenceburg (in town)right here

15%763

Georgetown25.4 mi away

3%162

Versailles9.8 mi away

3%150

Shelbyville21.5 mi away

2%90

Danville28.1 mi away

1%73

Nicholasville20.9 mi away

1%70

Bardstown33.5 mi away

1%52

Harrodsburg18.6 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,877

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

How far

How far Lawrenceburg commutes

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

28%

44%

17%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrenceburg is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrenceburg are

3,619 jobs are based in Lawrenceburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrenceburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrenceburg

3,619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lawrenceburg residents hold

4,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+20%

Jobs based in Lawrenceburg, 2013 → 2023: 3,006 → 3,619. 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.