Work & commute · Morganfield

Work & commute in Morganfield, KY

About one in 5 of Morganfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Henderson (12%), Evansville (5%) and Breckinridge Center (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

272 of 1,218 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 946 Morganfield residents head out of town to work, 272 work right here, and 1,570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morganfield.

946live here, work elsewhere

272live and work here

1,570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morganfield goes to work

Morganfield (in town)right here

22%272

Henderson19.4 mi away

12%142

Evansville, IN28 mi away

5%62

Breckinridge Center1 mi away

4%47

Owensboro42 mi away

4%44

Madisonville31.8 mi away

2%22

Bowling Green93.5 mi away

1%18

Lexington-Fayette urban county188.3 mi away

1%17

Sturgis11.5 mi away

1%15

Princeton40.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%568

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

How far

How far Morganfield commutes

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

41%

22%

17%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morganfield is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morganfield are

1,842 jobs are based in Morganfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morganfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morganfield

1,842 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Morganfield residents hold

1,218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+22%

Jobs based in Morganfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,504 → 1,842. 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.