Work & commute · McHenry

Work & commute in McHenry, KY

Most working residents leave McHenry for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (14%), Beaver Dam (11%) and Owensboro (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 141 McHenry residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McHenry.

141live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McHenry goes to work

Hartford5.5 mi away

14%20

Beaver Dam3.2 mi away

11%15

Owensboro28.3 mi away

6%9

Morgantown16.5 mi away

4%5

Bowling Green38.6 mi away

2%3

Hopkinsville48 mi away

2%3

Lexington-Fayette urban county142.3 mi away

2%3

Powderly15.9 mi away

1%2

Shively83 mi away

1%2

Central City12.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%78

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

How far

How far McHenry commutes

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

48%

13%

19%

20%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McHenry is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McHenry are

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

Jobs based in McHenry

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs McHenry residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−56%

Jobs based in McHenry, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 11. 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.