Work & commute · Mount Vernon

Work & commute in Mount Vernon, KY

About one in 4 of Mount Vernon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Berea (10%), Richmond (7%) and Somerset (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

196 of 775 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 579 Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 2,019 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vernon.

579live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

2,019work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vernon goes to work

Mount Vernon (in town)right here

25%196

Berea16.2 mi away

10%77

Richmond25.8 mi away

7%57

Somerset24 mi away

5%40

Lexington-Fayette urban county47.7 mi away

5%35

London21.6 mi away

3%26

Livingston7.7 mi away

1%11

Stanford21.5 mi away

1%8

Danville31.1 mi away

1%7

Middlesborough61.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%312

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

How far

How far Mount Vernon commutes

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

40%

26%

18%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vernon is a job hub

2.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vernon are

2,215 jobs are based in Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Vernon

2,215 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mount Vernon residents hold

775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 2,561 → 2,215. 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.