Work & commute · West Liberty

Work & commute in West Liberty, KY

About one in 4 of West Liberty’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (7%), Morehead (6%) and Winchester (1%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

195 of 711 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 516 West Liberty residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 1,931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Liberty.

516live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

1,931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Liberty goes to work

West Liberty (in town)right here

27%195

Lexington-Fayette urban county65.4 mi away

7%49

Morehead21.2 mi away

6%45

Winchester50.6 mi away

1%10

Columbus, OH143.6 mi away

1%9

Frankfort89 mi away

1%7

Richmond57.8 mi away

1%7

Beattyville33.2 mi away

1%6

Salyersville16.5 mi away

1%6

Lebanon111.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%371

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

How far

How far West Liberty commutes

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

34%

12%

46%

34%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Liberty is a job hub

2.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Liberty are

2,126 jobs are based in West Liberty. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Liberty’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Liberty

2,126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs West Liberty residents hold

711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−5%

Jobs based in West Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 2,230 → 2,126. 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.