Work & commute · Russellville

Work & commute in Russellville, KY

About one in 4 of Russellville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (15%), Franklin (4%) and Springfield (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

703 of 2,823 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,120 Russellville residents head out of town to work, 703 work right here, and 3,365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Russellville.

2,120live here, work elsewhere

703live and work here

3,365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Russellville goes to work

Russellville (in town)right here

25%703

Bowling Green27.2 mi away

15%420

Franklin20.5 mi away

4%118

Springfield, TN23.9 mi away

3%81

Lexington-Fayette urban county157.4 mi away

2%45

Auburn10.4 mi away

1%36

Hopkinsville32 mi away

1%36

Owensboro64.6 mi away

1%34

Portland, TN26.4 mi away

1%30

Elkton14.8 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,292

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

How far

How far Russellville commutes

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

41%

18%

20%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Russellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Russellville are

4,068 jobs are based in Russellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Russellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Russellville

4,068 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Russellville residents hold

2,823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−19%

Jobs based in Russellville, 2013 → 2023: 5,016 → 4,068. 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.