Work & commute · Mount Olivet

Work & commute in Mount Olivet, KY

Most working residents leave Mount Olivet for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cynthiana (12%), Maysville (10%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 120 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 109 Mount Olivet residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Olivet.

109live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Olivet goes to work

Cynthiana17.7 mi away

12%14

Maysville15.4 mi away

10%12

Mount Olivet (in town)right here

9%11

Lexington-Fayette urban county41 mi away

8%9

Augusta16.8 mi away

3%4

Flemingsburg17.5 mi away

3%4

Winchester37.5 mi away

3%4

Georgetown33 mi away

3%4

Carlisle14.8 mi away

3%3

Richmond57.2 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%52

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

How far

How far Mount Olivet commutes

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

14%

35%

28%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Olivet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Olivet are

141 jobs are based in Mount Olivet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Olivet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Olivet

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mount Olivet residents hold

120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1%

Jobs based in Mount Olivet, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 141. 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.