Work & commute · Somerset

Work & commute in Somerset, KY

47% of Somerset’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (2%), London (2%) and Burnside (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

2,185 of 4,623 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,438 Somerset residents head out of town to work, 2,185 work right here, and 15,248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerset.

2,438live here, work elsewhere

2,185live and work here

15,248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerset goes to work

Somerset (in town)right here

47%2,185

Lexington-Fayette urban county66.4 mi away

2%111

London29.1 mi away

2%102

Burnside5.9 mi away

2%72

Danville39.3 mi away

1%61

Richmond47.5 mi away

1%60

Monticello21.7 mi away

1%56

Bowling Green101.1 mi away

1%54

Elizabethtown81.9 mi away

1%37

Frankfort77.9 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,851

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

How far

How far Somerset commutes

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

58%

14%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerset is a job hub

3.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerset are

17,433 jobs are based in Somerset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somerset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somerset

17,433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Somerset residents hold

4,623 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+5%

Jobs based in Somerset, 2013 → 2023: 16,621 → 17,433. 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.