Work & commute · Morgantown

Work & commute in Morgantown, KY

About one in 3 of Morgantown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (22%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (2%) and Leitchfield (1%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

237 of 828 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 591 Morgantown residents head out of town to work, 237 work right here, and 1,982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgantown.

591live here, work elsewhere

237live and work here

1,982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgantown goes to work

Morgantown (in town)right here

29%237

Bowling Green22.2 mi away

22%184

Lexington-Fayette urban county135.2 mi away

2%18

Leitchfield29.4 mi away

1%12

Beaver Dam16 mi away

1%11

Hartford19.3 mi away

1%9

Elizabethtown56.2 mi away

1%9

Glasgow45.1 mi away

1%7

Owensboro43.8 mi away

1%7

Hopkinsville50 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%328

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

How far

How far Morgantown commutes

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

33%

32%

10%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgantown is a job hub

2.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgantown are

2,219 jobs are based in Morgantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morgantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morgantown

2,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Morgantown residents hold

828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7%

Jobs based in Morgantown, 2013 → 2023: 2,065 → 2,219. 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.