Work & commute · Mayking

Work & commute in Mayking, KY

Most working residents leave Mayking for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Whitesburg (36%), Hazard (11%) and Pikeville (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 171 Mayking residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mayking.

171live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mayking goes to work

Whitesburg3 mi away

36%62

Hazard24.8 mi away

11%19

Pikeville27.1 mi away

5%8

Lexington-Fayette urban county111.4 mi away

3%5

Prestonsburg37.5 mi away

2%3

Richmond93.1 mi away

2%3

Pound, VA9.2 mi away

2%3

Paintsville47.3 mi away

1%2

Jenkins7.3 mi away

1%2

Martin29.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%64

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

How far

How far Mayking commutes

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

45%

10%

24%

21%

45%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mayking is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mayking are

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

Jobs based in Mayking

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Mayking residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+418%

Jobs based in Mayking, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 171. 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.