Work & commute · Vanceburg

Work & commute in Vanceburg, KY

About one in 4 of Vanceburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Maysville (8%), Lexington-Fayette urban county (5%) and Portsmouth (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

120 of 446 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 326 Vanceburg residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vanceburg.

326live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vanceburg goes to work

Vanceburg (in town)right here

27%120

Maysville25.6 mi away

8%34

Lexington-Fayette urban county72.4 mi away

5%22

Portsmouth, OH23 mi away

2%10

Ashland37.8 mi away

2%8

Garrison7.7 mi away

2%8

Morehead28.8 mi away

1%5

Frankfort88 mi away

1%4

Grayson27.6 mi away

1%3

Flemingsburg25.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%229

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

How far

How far Vanceburg commutes

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

39%

19%

33%

39%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vanceburg is a job hub

2.31jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Vanceburg are

1,030 jobs are based in Vanceburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vanceburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vanceburg

1,030 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Vanceburg residents hold

446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Vanceburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 1,030. 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.