Work & commute · Magnolia

Work & commute in Magnolia, KY

Most working residents leave Magnolia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (22%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%) and St. Matthews (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 209 Magnolia residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magnolia.

209live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magnolia goes to work

Elizabethtown18.8 mi away

22%47

Lexington-Fayette urban county80.6 mi away

5%11

St. Matthews55 mi away

4%9

Hodgenville7.4 mi away

4%8

Bardstown29.3 mi away

3%7

Jeffersontown52.5 mi away

2%5

Shepherdsville36.3 mi away

2%5

Campbellsville22.4 mi away

2%4

Bowling Green50.8 mi away

2%4

Glasgow32.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%108

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

How far

How far Magnolia commutes

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

13%

34%

15%

38%

13%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magnolia is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Magnolia are

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

Jobs based in Magnolia

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Magnolia residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−49%

Jobs based in Magnolia, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 22. 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.