Work & commute · Salyersville

Work & commute in Salyersville, KY

About one in 4 of Salyersville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Prestonsburg (6%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (6%) and Paintsville (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

94 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 280 Salyersville residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 1,118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salyersville.

280live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

1,118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salyersville goes to work

Salyersville (in town)right here

25%94

Prestonsburg16.8 mi away

6%24

Lexington-Fayette urban county78.8 mi away

6%21

Paintsville15.1 mi away

5%19

Hazard34.1 mi away

5%18

West Liberty16.5 mi away

3%11

Pikeville34.5 mi away

3%11

Whitesburg45.1 mi away

1%5

Grayson41.6 mi away

1%4

Georgetown87.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%163

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

How far

How far Salyersville commutes

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

33%

22%

16%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salyersville is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salyersville are

1,212 jobs are based in Salyersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salyersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salyersville

1,212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Salyersville residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−22%

Jobs based in Salyersville, 2013 → 2023: 1,552 → 1,212. 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.