Work & commute · Wickliffe

Work & commute in Wickliffe, KY

Most working residents leave Wickliffe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paducah (25%), Kevil (3%) and La Center (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 261 Wickliffe residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wickliffe.

261live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wickliffe goes to work

Paducah25.2 mi away

25%67

Wickliffe (in town)right here

4%12

Kevil13.7 mi away

3%9

La Center9.5 mi away

3%7

Calvert City38.3 mi away

3%7

Mayfield28.9 mi away

2%6

Lexington-Fayette urban county264.1 mi away

2%5

Cunningham11.4 mi away

2%5

Cairo, IL6.2 mi away

1%4

Bowling Green146.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%147

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

How far

How far Wickliffe commutes

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

23%

32%

26%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wickliffe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wickliffe are

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

Jobs based in Wickliffe

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Wickliffe residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+96%

Jobs based in Wickliffe, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 371. 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.