Work & commute · Olive Hill

Work & commute in Olive Hill, KY

Most working residents leave Olive Hill for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grayson (15%), Morehead (12%) and Ashland (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

49 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 407 Olive Hill residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olive Hill.

407live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olive Hill goes to work

Grayson12.8 mi away

15%68

Morehead17.2 mi away

12%54

Olive Hill (in town)right here

11%49

Ashland30.3 mi away

5%21

Lexington-Fayette urban county72.4 mi away

4%16

Huntington, WV40.4 mi away

1%5

Richmond73.3 mi away

1%4

Vanceburg21.6 mi away

1%3

Greenup25.9 mi away

1%3

Louisa32.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%230

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

How far

How far Olive Hill commutes

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

18%

42%

18%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olive Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olive Hill are

531 jobs are based in Olive Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olive Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olive Hill

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Olive Hill residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−32%

Jobs based in Olive Hill, 2013 → 2023: 778 → 531. 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.