Work & commute · Owingsville

Work & commute in Owingsville, KY

Most working residents leave Owingsville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (11%), Mount Sterling (6%) and Morehead (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

85 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 475 Owingsville residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 875 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owingsville.

475live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

875work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owingsville goes to work

Owingsville (in town)right here

15%85

Lexington-Fayette urban county38.8 mi away

11%62

Mount Sterling11.6 mi away

6%32

Morehead17 mi away

5%28

Winchester25.4 mi away

4%23

Paris28.4 mi away

1%7

Ashland64.2 mi away

1%6

Georgetown43.2 mi away

1%6

Richmond40.9 mi away

1%6

Columbus, OH134.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%300

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

How far

How far Owingsville commutes

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

34%

22%

21%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owingsville is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Owingsville are

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

Jobs based in Owingsville

960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Owingsville residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Owingsville, 2013 → 2023: 851 → 960. 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.