Work & commute · Westwood

Work & commute in Westwood, KY

Most working residents leave Westwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (32%), Huntington (5%) and Flatwoods (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 1,588 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,541 Westwood residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwood.

1,541live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwood goes to work

Ashland2.4 mi away

32%506

Huntington, WV14.1 mi away

5%86

Flatwoods4.1 mi away

3%49

Westwood (in town)right here

3%47

Lexington-Fayette urban county101.1 mi away

3%42

Russell2.5 mi away

2%38

Catlettsburg6 mi away

2%30

Ironton, OH3.7 mi away

2%28

Louisa25.6 mi away

1%20

Portsmouth, OH23.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%727

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

How far

How far Westwood commutes

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

59%

14%

22%

59%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwood is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwood are

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

Jobs based in Westwood

747 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Westwood residents hold

1,588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−26%

Jobs based in Westwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,006 → 747. 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.