Work & commute · Summer Shade

Work & commute in Summer Shade, KY

Most working residents leave Summer Shade for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Glasgow (25%), Edmonton (13%) and Bowling Green (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

56 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 126 Summer Shade residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summer Shade.

126live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summer Shade goes to work

Glasgow14.5 mi away

25%32

Edmonton8.6 mi away

13%17

Bowling Green40.4 mi away

8%10

Tompkinsville12.7 mi away

5%6

Horse Cave22.8 mi away

3%4

Elizabethtown57.4 mi away

3%4

Lexington-Fayette urban county105.4 mi away

3%4

Frankfort101.8 mi away

2%2

Owensboro98 mi away

2%2

Summer Shade (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%45

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

How far

How far Summer Shade commutes

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

18%

39%

14%

29%

18%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summer Shade is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summer Shade are

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

Jobs based in Summer Shade

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Summer Shade residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+117%

Jobs based in Summer Shade, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 39. 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.