Work & commute · Lewisburg

Work & commute in Lewisburg, KY

Most working residents leave Lewisburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Russellville (17%), Bowling Green (10%) and Franklin (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 292 Lewisburg residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewisburg.

292live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewisburg goes to work

Russellville10.6 mi away

17%51

Bowling Green28.5 mi away

10%30

Franklin28.6 mi away

5%15

Lewisburg (in town)right here

3%8

Lexington-Fayette urban county154.7 mi away

2%7

Auburn15.7 mi away

2%6

Elkton16.6 mi away

2%6

Central City23.5 mi away

2%6

Owensboro54 mi away

1%4

Guthrie26.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%164

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

How far

How far Lewisburg commutes

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

28%

23%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewisburg is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewisburg are

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

Jobs based in Lewisburg

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lewisburg residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−70%

Jobs based in Lewisburg, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 134. 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.