Work & commute · Poole

Work & commute in Poole, KY

Most working residents leave Poole for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Henderson (19%), Evansville (8%) and Madisonville (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Poole residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poole.

117live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poole goes to work

Henderson14.2 mi away

19%22

Evansville, IN24.8 mi away

8%9

Madisonville22.2 mi away

7%8

Dixon9 mi away

5%6

Owensboro30.1 mi away

3%4

Bowling Green80.9 mi away

3%4

Ohio, IN28.2 mi away

3%3

Huntingburg, IN59 mi away

2%2

Princeton, IN49.4 mi away

2%2

Calhoun22.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%56

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

How far

How far Poole commutes

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

16%

51%

19%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poole is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poole are

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

Jobs based in Poole

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Poole residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+15%

Jobs based in Poole, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 15. 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.