Work & commute · Pippa Passes

Work & commute in Pippa Passes, KY

Most working residents leave Pippa Passes for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hindman (15%), Hazard (13%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 116 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 110 Pippa Passes residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pippa Passes.

110live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pippa Passes goes to work

Hindman6 mi away

15%17

Hazard18.6 mi away

13%15

Lexington-Fayette urban county99.5 mi away

7%8

Pippa Passes (in town)right here

5%6

Whitesburg15.2 mi away

3%4

Pikeville21.3 mi away

3%4

Nicholasville100.3 mi away

2%2

Somerset96.8 mi away

2%2

Middletown, OH170.2 mi away

2%2

Barbourville64.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%55

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

How far

How far Pippa Passes commutes

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

43%

26%

29%

43%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pippa Passes 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 Pippa Passes are

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

Jobs based in Pippa Passes

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Pippa Passes residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+29%

Jobs based in Pippa Passes, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 198. 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.