Work & commute · Whitesville

Work & commute in Whitesville, KY

Most working residents leave Whitesville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Owensboro (40%), Fordsville (2%) and Henderson (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Whitesville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitesville.

255live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitesville goes to work

Owensboro14.5 mi away

40%103

Fordsville8.9 mi away

2%5

Henderson40.2 mi away

2%5

Bowling Green54.4 mi away

2%5

Whitesville (in town)right here

2%4

Grass, IN24.7 mi away

2%4

Hartford15.9 mi away

1%3

Madisonville42.1 mi away

1%3

Elizabethtown54.1 mi away

1%3

Anderson, IN29.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%121

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

How far

How far Whitesville commutes

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

68%

18%

6%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitesville is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitesville are

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

Jobs based in Whitesville

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Whitesville residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−11%

Jobs based in Whitesville, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 78. 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.