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Work & commute · Louisa

Work & commute in Louisa, KY

About one in 3 of Louisa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ashland (6%), Huntington (4%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
34%
288 of 846 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 558 Louisa residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 2,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisa.

558live here, work elsewhere
288live and work here
2,746work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Louisa goes to work

CatlettsburgLouisaGraysonFlatwoodsPaintsvilleMoreheadAshlandPrestonsburgElizabethtownLexington-Fayette urban countyFort GayHuntingtonWestwoodPrichardAshlandHuntingtonLexington-Fayette urban countyPrestonsburgPaintsvillePrichardCatlettsburgGraysonMoreheadLouisa
1
Louisa (in town)right here
34%288
2
Ashland24.1 mi away
6%53
3
Huntington, WV22.9 mi away
4%38
4
Lexington-Fayette urban county100.4 mi away
3%28
5
Prestonsburg31 mi away
2%15
6
Paintsville22.7 mi away
2%13
7
Prichard, WV8.7 mi away
2%13
8
Catlettsburg21.1 mi away
1%10
9
Grayson23.3 mi away
1%10
10
Morehead45.6 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%368

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

How far

How far Louisa commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Louisa is a job hub

3.59jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisa are

3,034 jobs are based in Louisa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisa

3,034 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Louisa residents hold

846 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+61%

Jobs based in Louisa, 2013 → 2023: 1,889 → 3,034. 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.

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