Work & commute · Sonora

Work & commute in Sonora, KY

Most working residents leave Sonora for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elizabethtown (29%), St. Matthews (4%) and Radcliff (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 231 Sonora residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sonora.

231live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sonora goes to work

Elizabethtown12.4 mi away

29%69

St. Matthews52 mi away

4%10

Radcliff20.5 mi away

3%6

Sonora (in town)right here

1%3

Horse Cave24.6 mi away

1%3

Leitchfield21.3 mi away

1%3

Bardstown31.5 mi away

1%3

Shepherdsville33.3 mi away

1%3

Bowling Green48 mi away

1%3

Lexington-Fayette urban county86.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%128

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

How far

How far Sonora commutes

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

11%

45%

23%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sonora is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sonora are

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

Jobs based in Sonora

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Sonora residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in Sonora, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 134. 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.