Work & commute · Mayfield

Work & commute in Mayfield, KY

About one in 3 of Mayfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Paducah (13%), Murray (4%) and Calvert City (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,100 of 3,657 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,557 Mayfield residents head out of town to work, 1,100 work right here, and 5,441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayfield.

2,557live here, work elsewhere

1,100live and work here

5,441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayfield goes to work

Mayfield (in town)right here

30%1,100

Paducah23 mi away

13%470

Murray19.8 mi away

4%143

Calvert City25.4 mi away

2%57

Benton17.4 mi away

1%54

Hopkinsville65.2 mi away

1%42

Lexington-Fayette urban county246.8 mi away

1%35

Hickory5.5 mi away

1%27

Bowling Green123.3 mi away

1%24

Hendron20.4 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,681

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

How far

How far Mayfield commutes

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

48%

28%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayfield is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mayfield are

6,541 jobs are based in Mayfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mayfield

6,541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mayfield residents hold

3,657 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+11%

Jobs based in Mayfield, 2013 → 2023: 5,890 → 6,541. 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.