Work & commute · Livermore

Work & commute in Livermore, KY

Most working residents leave Livermore for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (28%), Calhoun (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 397 Livermore residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livermore.

397live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livermore goes to work

Owensboro18.3 mi away

28%117

Calhoun7.6 mi away

5%22

Livermore (in town)right here

4%17

Lexington-Fayette urban county151 mi away

2%9

Henderson34.1 mi away

2%8

Evansville, IN40.6 mi away

2%7

Hartford13.7 mi away

2%7

Central City13.5 mi away

2%7

Bowling Green52.5 mi away

2%7

Madisonville22.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%207

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

How far

How far Livermore commutes

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

20%

49%

11%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livermore is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Livermore are

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

Jobs based in Livermore

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Livermore residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−58%

Jobs based in Livermore, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 157. 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.