Work & commute · Smiths Grove

Work & commute in Smiths Grove, KY

Most working residents leave Smiths Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (50%), Glasgow (3%) and Scottsville (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 297 Smiths Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smiths Grove.

297live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smiths Grove goes to work

Bowling Green13.4 mi away

50%151

Glasgow15.9 mi away

3%9

Scottsville20.8 mi away

3%8

Lexington-Fayette urban county117.8 mi away

2%6

Owensboro69.8 mi away

1%4

Smiths Grove (in town)right here

1%3

Paducah134.3 mi away

1%3

Beaver Dam44 mi away

1%2

St. Matthews88.5 mi away

1%2

Central City53.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%110

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

How far

How far Smiths Grove commutes

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

21%

51%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smiths Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smiths Grove are

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

Jobs based in Smiths Grove

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Smiths Grove residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−7%

Jobs based in Smiths Grove, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 282. 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.