Work & commute · Stanton

Work & commute in Stanton, KY

About one in 5 of Stanton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (17%), Winchester (10%) and Mount Sterling (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

242 of 1,194 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 952 Stanton residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 1,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanton.

952live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

1,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanton goes to work

Stanton (in town)right here

20%242

Lexington-Fayette urban county35.4 mi away

17%207

Winchester21.1 mi away

10%114

Mount Sterling15.8 mi away

3%31

Clay City4.1 mi away

2%26

Georgetown46.6 mi away

2%21

Richmond25.6 mi away

1%17

Jeffersontown96.5 mi away

1%12

Frankfort60 mi away

1%11

Paris33.2 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%504

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

How far

How far Stanton commutes

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

30%

24%

26%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanton are

1,530 jobs are based in Stanton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stanton

1,530 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Stanton residents hold

1,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+6%

Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 1,438 → 1,530. 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.