Work & commute · Whitley

Work & commute in Whitley, KY

Most working residents leave Whitley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Stearns (12%), Somerset (6%) and Pine Knot (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 270 Whitley residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitley.

270live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitley goes to work

Stearns1.9 mi away

12%34

Whitley City (in town)right here

8%23

Somerset26.1 mi away

6%19

Pine Knot4.4 mi away

5%15

Williamsburg17.2 mi away

3%10

Lexington-Fayette urban county91.1 mi away

3%10

Burnside21.7 mi away

2%5

London35.1 mi away

1%4

Huntsville, TN21.2 mi away

1%4

Oneida, TN14.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%165

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

How far

How far Whitley commutes

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

34%

16%

17%

33%

34%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitley is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitley are

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

Jobs based in Whitley

482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Whitley residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+35%

Jobs based in Whitley, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 482. 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.