Work & commute · North Corbin

Work & commute in North Corbin, KY

Most working residents leave North Corbin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Corbin (18%), London (13%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 552 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 533 North Corbin residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Corbin.

533live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Corbin goes to work

Corbin2.4 mi away

18%99

London10.6 mi away

13%73

Lexington-Fayette urban county76.9 mi away

5%27

Williamsburg16.2 mi away

4%22

North Corbin (in town)right here

3%19

Barbourville13.6 mi away

3%16

Richmond53.9 mi away

1%8

Somerset29.3 mi away

1%7

Georgetown92.6 mi away

1%6

Berea44.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%269

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

How far

How far North Corbin commutes

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

44%

24%

26%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Corbin is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Corbin are

1,071 jobs are based in North Corbin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Corbin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Corbin

1,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs North Corbin residents hold

552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−31%

Jobs based in North Corbin, 2013 → 2023: 1,558 → 1,071. 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.