Work & commute · Manchester

Work & commute in Manchester, KY

About one in 4 of Manchester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are London (11%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%) and Somerset (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

101 of 426 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 325 Manchester residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchester.

325live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchester goes to work

Manchester (in town)right here

24%101

London17.1 mi away

11%48

Lexington-Fayette urban county72.4 mi away

7%29

Somerset46.3 mi away

3%12

Richmond49.7 mi away

2%9

Mount Vernon34.2 mi away

1%5

Corbin23.6 mi away

1%5

Barbourville20.4 mi away

1%3

Williamsburg35.7 mi away

1%3

Berea42 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%208

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

How far

How far Manchester commutes

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

35%

25%

10%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchester is a job hub

4.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchester are

1,770 jobs are based in Manchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manchester

1,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Manchester residents hold

426 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+10%

Jobs based in Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 1,609 → 1,770. 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.