Work & commute · Mount Sterling

Work & commute in Mount Sterling, KY

Most working residents leave Mount Sterling for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (20%), Winchester (7%) and Georgetown (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

494 of 3,049 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 2,555 Mount Sterling residents head out of town to work, 494 work right here, and 4,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Sterling.

2,555live here, work elsewhere

494live and work here

4,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Sterling goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county27.8 mi away

20%621

Mount Sterling (in town)right here

16%494

Winchester13.9 mi away

7%219

Georgetown34.6 mi away

3%90

Morehead28.5 mi away

2%47

Richmond30.1 mi away

1%44

Paris19.9 mi away

1%32

Frankfort50.6 mi away

1%24

Owingsville11.6 mi away

1%23

Cincinnati, OH80.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,436

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

How far

How far Mount Sterling commutes

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

35%

15%

30%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Sterling 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 Mount Sterling are

4,598 jobs are based in Mount Sterling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Sterling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Sterling

4,598 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mount Sterling residents hold

3,049 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in Mount Sterling, 2013 → 2023: 4,902 → 4,598. 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.