Work & commute · Middlesborough

Work & commute in Middlesborough, KY

About one in 3 of Middlesborough’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pineville (5%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%) and Harrogate (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,038 of 2,917 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,879 Middlesborough residents head out of town to work, 1,038 work right here, and 3,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlesborough.

1,879live here, work elsewhere

1,038live and work here

3,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlesborough goes to work

Middlesborough (in town)right here

36%1,038

Pineville9.3 mi away

5%152

Lexington-Fayette urban county106.6 mi away

4%129

Harrogate, TN5 mi away

3%86

Tazewell, TN13.5 mi away

2%69

Hazard53.3 mi away

2%64

Barbourville19.6 mi away

2%55

London40 mi away

2%52

Corbin30.4 mi away

2%44

New Tazewell, TN13.8 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,187

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

How far

How far Middlesborough commutes

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

44%

13%

14%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlesborough is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlesborough are

4,621 jobs are based in Middlesborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middlesborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middlesborough

4,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Middlesborough residents hold

2,917 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−2%

Jobs based in Middlesborough, 2013 → 2023: 4,719 → 4,621. 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.