Work & commute · Leitchfield

Work & commute in Leitchfield, KY

About one in 3 of Leitchfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (8%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%) and Clarkson (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

906 of 2,523 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 1,617 Leitchfield residents head out of town to work, 906 work right here, and 4,745 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leitchfield.

1,617live here, work elsewhere

906live and work here

4,745work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leitchfield goes to work

Leitchfield (in town)right here

36%906

Elizabethtown26.8 mi away

8%213

Lexington-Fayette urban county106.9 mi away

3%80

Clarkson3 mi away

2%62

Bowling Green36.1 mi away

1%35

Owensboro49.3 mi away

1%33

St. Matthews63.4 mi away

1%27

Jeffersontown63.2 mi away

1%26

Shepherdsville46.7 mi away

1%20

Caneyville12.6 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,102

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

How far

How far Leitchfield commutes

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

45%

17%

32%

45%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leitchfield is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leitchfield are

5,651 jobs are based in Leitchfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leitchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leitchfield

5,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Leitchfield residents hold

2,523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−4%

Jobs based in Leitchfield, 2013 → 2023: 5,917 → 5,651. 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.