Work & commute · Symsonia

Work & commute in Symsonia, KY

Most working residents leave Symsonia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (31%), Mayfield (14%) and Benton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 246 Symsonia residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Symsonia.

246live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Symsonia goes to work

Paducah12.4 mi away

31%77

Mayfield14.1 mi away

14%35

Benton10.3 mi away

4%11

Murray23.8 mi away

3%7

Calvert City11.4 mi away

2%6

Metropolis, IL18.3 mi away

1%3

Symsonia (in town)right here

1%3

Hendron10.3 mi away

1%3

Elizabethtown155.2 mi away

1%2

Lexington-Fayette urban county236.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%100

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

How far

How far Symsonia commutes

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

14%

70%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Symsonia is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Symsonia are

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

Jobs based in Symsonia

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Symsonia residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Symsonia, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 38. 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.