Work & commute · Reidland

Work & commute in Reidland, KY

Most working residents leave Reidland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (45%), Calvert City (5%) and Mayfield (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,799 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 1,756 Reidland residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reidland.

1,756live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reidland goes to work

Paducah7.8 mi away

45%814

Calvert City7.7 mi away

5%83

Mayfield19.8 mi away

2%43

Reidland (in town)right here

2%43

Lexington-Fayette urban county234.1 mi away

2%34

Murray29.5 mi away

2%32

Benton14.3 mi away

1%26

Farley3.4 mi away

1%26

Hendron6.8 mi away

1%21

Metropolis, IL13.2 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%657

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

How far

How far Reidland commutes

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

51%

27%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reidland is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reidland are

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

Jobs based in Reidland

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Reidland residents hold

1,799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−14%

Jobs based in Reidland, 2013 → 2023: 528 → 453. 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.