Work & commute · Smithland

Work & commute in Smithland, KY

Most working residents leave Smithland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (28%), Calvert City (10%) and Benton (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 86 Smithland residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithland.

86live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithland goes to work

Paducah14 mi away

28%26

Calvert City6.4 mi away

10%9

Smithland (in town)right here

8%7

Benton20.2 mi away

3%3

Grand Rivers13 mi away

2%2

Murray36.5 mi away

2%2

Madisonville51.5 mi away

2%2

Owensboro82.5 mi away

2%2

Farley11.6 mi away

2%2

Marion22.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%37

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

How far

How far Smithland commutes

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

20%

49%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithland is a job hub

4.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithland are

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

Jobs based in Smithland

392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Smithland residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Smithland, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 392. 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.