Work & commute · Scottsville

Work & commute in Scottsville, KY

About one in 4 of Scottsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (24%), Franklin (5%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

420 of 1,622 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 1,202 Scottsville residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 3,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottsville.

1,202live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

3,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottsville goes to work

Scottsville (in town)right here

26%420

Bowling Green20.1 mi away

24%388

Franklin19.5 mi away

5%80

Lexington-Fayette urban county131.1 mi away

3%44

Glasgow23.5 mi away

2%38

Portland, TN20.6 mi away

1%17

Elizabethtown68.4 mi away

1%12

Paducah136.4 mi away

0%8

Gallatin, TN29.2 mi away

0%8

Radcliff75.5 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%600

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

How far

How far Scottsville commutes

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

34%

37%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottsville is a job hub

2.21jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottsville are

3,584 jobs are based in Scottsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scottsville

3,584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Scottsville residents hold

1,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+29%

Jobs based in Scottsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,776 → 3,584. 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.