Work & commute · Sturgis

Work & commute in Sturgis, KY

Most working residents leave Sturgis for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Morganfield (16%), Henderson (7%) and Evansville (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 696 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 668 Sturgis residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgis.

668live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgis goes to work

Morganfield11.5 mi away

16%112

Henderson30.1 mi away

7%47

Evansville, IN39.3 mi away

4%28

Sturgis (in town)right here

4%28

Breckinridge Center11.6 mi away

3%22

Owensboro49.8 mi away

3%21

Madisonville30.1 mi away

2%15

Marion15.6 mi away

2%13

Hopkinsville56.4 mi away

2%13

Bowling Green94 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%385

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

How far

How far Sturgis commutes

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

20%

30%

26%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgis is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgis are

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

Jobs based in Sturgis

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Sturgis residents hold

696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−57%

Jobs based in Sturgis, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 221. 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.