Work & commute · West Van Lear

Work & commute in West Van Lear, KY

Most working residents leave West Van Lear for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paintsville (21%), Prestonsburg (16%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 238 West Van Lear residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Van Lear.

238live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Van Lear goes to work

Paintsville2.8 mi away

21%49

Prestonsburg7.2 mi away

16%39

Lexington-Fayette urban county92.8 mi away

6%14

Pikeville25.4 mi away

3%8

Hazard42.5 mi away

3%7

Louisa24.6 mi away

2%4

Ashland47.4 mi away

2%4

Warfield20.3 mi away

1%2

Salyersville15.3 mi away

1%2

Coal Run Village21.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%107

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

How far

How far West Van Lear commutes

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

45%

14%

16%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Van Lear is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Van Lear are

57 jobs are based in West Van Lear. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Van Lear’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Van Lear

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs West Van Lear residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−50%

Jobs based in West Van Lear, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 57. 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.