Work & commute · Warfield

Work & commute in Warfield, KY

Most working residents leave Warfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Inez (9%), Whitesburg (3%) and Hazard (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 66 Warfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warfield.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warfield goes to work

Inez6.7 mi away

9%6

Whitesburg54.5 mi away

3%2

Hazard58.4 mi away

3%2

Lexington-Fayette urban county111.8 mi away

3%2

Wayne, WV27 mi away

3%2

Warfield (in town)right here

1%1

Louisa21.6 mi away

1%1

Grayson44.2 mi away

1%1

Villa Hills145 mi away

1%1

West Liberty46.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%48

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

How far

How far Warfield commutes

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

37%

12%

17%

35%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warfield are

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

Jobs based in Warfield

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Warfield residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+14%

Jobs based in Warfield, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 98. 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.