Work & commute · Nicholasville

Work & commute in Nicholasville, KY

About one in 5 of Nicholasville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (42%), Wilmore (2%) and Georgetown (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

2,863 of 14,035 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 11,172 Nicholasville residents head out of town to work, 2,863 work right here, and 9,700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicholasville.

11,172live here, work elsewhere

2,863live and work here

9,700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicholasville goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county11.9 mi away

42%5,927

Nicholasville (in town)right here

20%2,863

Wilmore5.4 mi away

2%238

Georgetown25.5 mi away

2%233

Richmond18.4 mi away

2%233

Frankfort26.6 mi away

1%201

Danville20.9 mi away

1%181

Versailles13.9 mi away

1%132

Jeffersontown58.8 mi away

1%95

Winchester21.8 mi away

1%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%3,846

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

How far

How far Nicholasville commutes

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

40%

37%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicholasville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicholasville are

12,563 jobs are based in Nicholasville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nicholasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nicholasville

12,563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Nicholasville residents hold

14,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+19%

Jobs based in Nicholasville, 2013 → 2023: 10,550 → 12,563. 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.