Work & commute · London

Work & commute in London, KY

About one in 3 of London’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%), Corbin (4%) and Somerset (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,063 of 2,837 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,774 London residents head out of town to work, 1,063 work right here, and 13,142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in London.

1,774live here, work elsewhere

1,063live and work here

13,142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where London goes to work

London (in town)right here

37%1,063

Lexington-Fayette urban county67 mi away

5%148

Corbin13 mi away

4%115

Somerset29.1 mi away

2%54

Richmond43.9 mi away

2%47

Williamsburg26.7 mi away

2%43

Manchester17.1 mi away

1%33

Barbourville20.5 mi away

1%32

Berea34.6 mi away

1%31

Mount Vernon21.6 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,246

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

How far

How far London commutes

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

56%

12%

10%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

London is a job hub

5.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in London are

14,205 jobs are based in London. Here is what they are, next to the jobs London’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in London

14,205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs London residents hold

2,837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+3%

Jobs based in London, 2013 → 2023: 13,747 → 14,205. 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.