Work & commute · Powderly

Work & commute in Powderly, KY

Most working residents leave Powderly for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (18%), Madisonville (14%) and Central City (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 276 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 273 Powderly residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powderly.

273live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powderly goes to work

Greenville2.4 mi away

18%51

Madisonville20.4 mi away

14%38

Central City4.2 mi away

7%18

Owensboro35.8 mi away

6%17

Hopkinsville32.8 mi away

3%9

Lexington-Fayette urban county157.5 mi away

3%7

Bowling Green43.6 mi away

2%5

Hanson21.7 mi away

1%4

Elkton29.3 mi away

1%4

Powderly (in town)right here

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%120

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

How far

How far Powderly commutes

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

36%

25%

22%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powderly is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powderly are

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

Jobs based in Powderly

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Powderly residents hold

276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+12%

Jobs based in Powderly, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 414. 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.