Work & commute · Paintsville

Work & commute in Paintsville, KY

About one in 3 of Paintsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Prestonsburg (11%), Pikeville (4%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

337 of 1,141 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 804 Paintsville residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 3,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paintsville.

804live here, work elsewhere

337live and work here

3,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paintsville goes to work

Paintsville (in town)right here

30%337

Prestonsburg9.9 mi away

11%130

Pikeville28.2 mi away

4%50

Lexington-Fayette urban county91.3 mi away

3%36

Louisa22.7 mi away

3%33

Hazard44.2 mi away

2%23

Salyersville15.1 mi away

1%16

West Liberty26.1 mi away

1%11

Morehead43.3 mi away

1%11

Whitesburg48.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%485

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

How far

How far Paintsville commutes

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

42%

19%

18%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paintsville is a job hub

3.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paintsville are

3,423 jobs are based in Paintsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Paintsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Paintsville

3,423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Paintsville residents hold

1,141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−23%

Jobs based in Paintsville, 2013 → 2023: 4,454 → 3,423. 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.