Work & commute · Willisburg

Work & commute in Willisburg, KY

Most working residents leave Willisburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (15%), Bardstown (10%) and Lebanon (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 122 Willisburg residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willisburg.

122live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willisburg goes to work

Springfield9.7 mi away

15%19

Bardstown18.3 mi away

10%13

Lebanon18.4 mi away

7%9

Lexington-Fayette urban county39.4 mi away

5%6

Lawrenceburg19.3 mi away

3%4

Jeffersontown36.6 mi away

3%4

Willisburg (in town)right here

2%3

Harrodsburg15.1 mi away

2%3

Campbellsville34.7 mi away

2%2

Danville22.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%60

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

How far

How far Willisburg commutes

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

16%

36%

34%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willisburg is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willisburg are

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

Jobs based in Willisburg

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Willisburg residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+674%

Jobs based in Willisburg, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 271. 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.