Work & commute · Madisonville

Work & commute in Madisonville, KY

43% of Madisonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Hanson (4%), Hopkinsville (4%) and Owensboro (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

3,369 of 7,846 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,477 Madisonville residents head out of town to work, 3,369 work right here, and 8,240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madisonville.

4,477live here, work elsewhere

3,369live and work here

8,240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madisonville goes to work

Madisonville (in town)right here

43%3,369

Hanson5.6 mi away

4%291

Hopkinsville34.6 mi away

4%277

Owensboro35.8 mi away

3%233

Henderson34.7 mi away

2%191

Paducah65.5 mi away

2%146

Evansville, IN44.8 mi away

2%145

Lexington-Fayette urban county173.4 mi away

1%116

Princeton26.4 mi away

1%104

Bowling Green64 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,874

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

How far

How far Madisonville commutes

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

53%

18%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madisonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madisonville are

11,609 jobs are based in Madisonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madisonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madisonville

11,609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Madisonville residents hold

7,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Madisonville, 2013 → 2023: 12,969 → 11,609. 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.