Work & commute · Payne Gap

Work & commute in Payne Gap, KY

Most working residents leave Payne Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Whitesburg (19%), Pikeville (9%) and Hazard (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 102 Payne Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Payne Gap.

102live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Payne Gap goes to work

Whitesburg8.6 mi away

19%19

Pikeville24.1 mi away

9%9

Hazard30 mi away

7%7

Jenkins2.3 mi away

6%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county115.7 mi away

5%5

Prestonsburg37.1 mi away

2%2

Pound, VA3.8 mi away

2%2

Mayking5.8 mi away

2%2

Allen32.2 mi away

1%1

Corydon279.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%48

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

How far

How far Payne Gap commutes

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

31%

18%

25%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Payne Gap is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Payne Gap are

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

Jobs based in Payne Gap

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Payne Gap residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−27%

Jobs based in Payne Gap, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 24. 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.