Work & commute · Morehead

Work & commute in Morehead, KY

About one in 3 of Morehead’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (11%), Winchester (1%) and Georgetown (1%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

664 of 2,080 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,416 Morehead residents head out of town to work, 664 work right here, and 6,515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morehead.

1,416live here, work elsewhere

664live and work here

6,515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morehead goes to work

Morehead (in town)right here

32%664

Lexington-Fayette urban county55.8 mi away

11%234

Winchester42.4 mi away

1%27

Georgetown59.1 mi away

1%23

Mount Sterling28.5 mi away

1%19

Florence85.3 mi away

1%19

Frankfort76.9 mi away

1%19

Richmond56.2 mi away

1%18

Owingsville17 mi away

1%17

West Liberty21.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,023

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

How far

How far Morehead commutes

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

43%

12%

40%

43%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morehead is a job hub

3.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morehead are

7,179 jobs are based in Morehead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morehead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morehead

7,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Morehead residents hold

2,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+5%

Jobs based in Morehead, 2013 → 2023: 6,833 → 7,179. 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.

Work & commute in Morehead, KY

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Morehead goes to work

How far Morehead commutes

Morehead is a job hub

What the jobs in Morehead are

Jobs based in Morehead

Jobs Morehead residents hold

How to read this page

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