Work & commute · Lewisport

Work & commute in Lewisport, KY

Most working residents leave Lewisport for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (23%), Hawesville (5%) and Tell City (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 701 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 673 Lewisport residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewisport.

673live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewisport goes to work

Owensboro16.8 mi away

23%161

Hawesville8.4 mi away

5%37

Lewisport (in town)right here

4%28

Tell City, IN8 mi away

3%18

Evansville, IN34.6 mi away

2%16

Bowling Green70.7 mi away

2%11

Tobin, IN15.9 mi away

1%10

Troy, IN10.4 mi away

1%9

Henderson37.5 mi away

1%8

Grass, IN10.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%396

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

How far

How far Lewisport commutes

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

36%

35%

10%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewisport is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewisport are

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

Jobs based in Lewisport

278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lewisport residents hold

701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Lewisport, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 278. 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.