Work & commute · Sorgho

Work & commute in Sorgho, KY

Most working residents leave Sorgho for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (44%), Evansville (3%) and Bowling Green (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 838 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 826 Sorgho residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sorgho.

826live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sorgho goes to work

Owensboro5.3 mi away

44%368

Evansville, IN24.2 mi away

3%22

Bowling Green68.2 mi away

2%17

Henderson21 mi away

2%16

Lexington-Fayette urban county151.6 mi away

2%14

Sorgho (in town)right here

1%12

Paducah91.4 mi away

1%9

Calhoun14.4 mi away

1%7

Anderson, IN13.9 mi away

1%7

Elizabethtown72.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%360

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

How far

How far Sorgho commutes

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

62%

14%

16%

62%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sorgho is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sorgho are

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

Jobs based in Sorgho

313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Sorgho residents hold

838 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+910%

Jobs based in Sorgho, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 313. 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.