Work & commute · Pikeville

Work & commute in Pikeville, KY

45% of Pikeville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Coal Run Village (4%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%) and Prestonsburg (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

1,101 of 2,434 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,333 Pikeville residents head out of town to work, 1,101 work right here, and 9,993 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pikeville.

1,333live here, work elsewhere

1,101live and work here

9,993work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pikeville goes to work

Pikeville (in town)right here

45%1,101

Coal Run Village4.1 mi away

4%103

Lexington-Fayette urban county112.4 mi away

4%95

Prestonsburg19.2 mi away

4%89

Hazard39.7 mi away

2%41

Paintsville28.2 mi away

1%30

Whitesburg29.6 mi away

1%19

Frankfort136.8 mi away

1%18

South Williamson18.4 mi away

1%15

Morehead70.4 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%910

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

How far

How far Pikeville commutes

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

59%

11%

23%

59%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pikeville is a job hub

4.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pikeville are

11,094 jobs are based in Pikeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pikeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pikeville

11,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pikeville residents hold

2,434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−5%

Jobs based in Pikeville, 2013 → 2023: 11,654 → 11,094. 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.