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Work & commute in Ledbetter, KY

Most working residents leave Ledbetter for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (31%), Smithland (7%) and Calvert City (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
31 of 749 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 718 Ledbetter residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ledbetter.

718live here, work elsewhere
31live and work here
367work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ledbetter goes to work

MetropolisSmithlandSalemMarionMayfieldMurrayCalvert CityMadisonvilleOwensboroPaducahHopkinsvilleLexington-Fayette urban countyMassacHendronFarleyLedbetterPaducahSmithlandCalvert CitySalemMadisonvilleHopkinsvilleOwensboroLexington-Fayette urban countyHendronLedbetter
1
Paducah8.2 mi away
31%235
2
Smithland7.8 mi away
7%51
3
Calvert City5.6 mi away
5%40
4
Ledbetter (in town)right here
4%31
5
Salem20.3 mi away
2%12
6
Madisonville58.1 mi away
2%12
7
Hopkinsville58.4 mi away
2%12
8
Owensboro90 mi away
1%11
9
Lexington-Fayette urban county231.5 mi away
1%11
10
Hendron8.3 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%323

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

How far

How far Ledbetter commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ledbetter is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ledbetter are

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

Jobs based in Ledbetter

398 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities42%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ledbetter residents hold

749 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−4%

Jobs based in Ledbetter, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 398. 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.

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