Work & commute · Thruston

Work & commute in Thruston, KY

Most working residents leave Thruston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (44%), Evansville (1%) and Anderson (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 897 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 892 Thruston residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thruston.

892live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

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Where Thruston goes to work

Owensboro5.8 mi away

44%391

Evansville, IN31.1 mi away

1%12

Anderson, IN18.2 mi away

1%12

Madisonville41 mi away

1%11

Bowling Green64.9 mi away

1%11

Grass, IN14.6 mi away

1%11

Hawesville15.9 mi away

1%9

Hartford24.5 mi away

1%9

Henderson30.7 mi away

1%9

Lexington-Fayette urban county140.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%413

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

How far

How far Thruston commutes

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

61%

12%

11%

17%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thruston is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thruston are

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

Jobs based in Thruston

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Thruston residents hold

897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+109%

Jobs based in Thruston, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 90. 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.

Work & commute in Thruston, KY

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Thruston goes to work

How far Thruston commutes

Thruston is a commuter town

What the jobs in Thruston are

Jobs based in Thruston

Jobs Thruston residents hold

How to read this page

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