Work & commute · South Wallins

Work & commute in South Wallins, KY

Most working residents leave South Wallins for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harlan (5%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%) and London (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 189 South Wallins residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Wallins.

189live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Wallins goes to work

Harlan4.9 mi away

5%10

Lexington-Fayette urban county102.9 mi away

5%10

London43 mi away

5%9

Hazard33 mi away

4%7

Pineville17.5 mi away

3%6

Middlesborough22.5 mi away

3%5

Somerset69.2 mi away

3%5

Whitesburg38.3 mi away

2%4

Richmond80.4 mi away

2%3

Cumberland25.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%129

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

How far

How far South Wallins commutes

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

35%

10%

23%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Wallins is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Wallins are

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

Jobs based in South Wallins

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs South Wallins residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−70%

Jobs based in South Wallins, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 3. 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.