Work & commute · Massac

Work & commute in Massac, KY

Most working residents leave Massac for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (48%), Calvert City (3%) and Mayfield (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,871 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,835 Massac residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Massac.

1,835live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Massac goes to work

Paducah3.5 mi away

48%906

Calvert City16.1 mi away

3%65

Mayfield20.5 mi away

3%59

Hendron2.2 mi away

2%44

Massac (in town)right here

2%36

Murray35.2 mi away

2%34

Metropolis, IL8.1 mi away

1%26

Lexington-Fayette urban county241.9 mi away

1%22

Bowling Green124.3 mi away

1%20

Farley6.2 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%639

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

How far

How far Massac commutes

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

65%

14%

16%

65%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Massac is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Massac are

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

Jobs based in Massac

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Massac residents hold

1,871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in Massac, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 458. 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.