Work & commute · Mortons Gap

Work & commute in Mortons Gap, KY

Most working residents leave Mortons Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madisonville (31%), Hopkinsville (7%) and Owensboro (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 250 Mortons Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mortons Gap.

250live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mortons Gap goes to work

Madisonville7.1 mi away

31%78

Hopkinsville27.7 mi away

7%18

Owensboro40.4 mi away

4%10

Earlington3.3 mi away

3%7

Princeton24.9 mi away

3%7

Hanson12.3 mi away

2%6

Evansville, IN51.8 mi away

1%3

Dawson Springs13.2 mi away

1%3

Providence19.2 mi away

1%3

Paducah66 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%112

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

How far

How far Mortons Gap commutes

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

40%

13%

27%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mortons Gap is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mortons Gap are

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

Jobs based in Mortons Gap

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Mortons Gap residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−49%

Jobs based in Mortons Gap, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 24. 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.