Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, KY

About one in 3 of Richmond’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (28%), Berea (4%) and Georgetown (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

4,169 of 13,949 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 9,780 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 4,169 work right here, and 17,122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

9,780live here, work elsewhere

4,169live and work here

17,122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

Richmond (in town)right here

30%4,169

Lexington-Fayette urban county23.2 mi away

28%3,896

Berea9.7 mi away

4%590

Georgetown38.8 mi away

2%323

Winchester19.8 mi away

2%258

Frankfort44.6 mi away

1%192

Nicholasville18.4 mi away

1%149

London43.9 mi away

1%145

Danville26.8 mi away

1%134

Somerset47.5 mi away

1%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,962

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

35%

32%

16%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a job hub

1.53jobs 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 Richmond are

21,291 jobs are based in Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richmond

21,291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

13,949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 18,842 → 21,291. 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.