Work & commute · Wilmore

Work & commute in Wilmore, KY

Most working residents leave Wilmore for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (34%), Nicholasville (17%) and Frankfort (1%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

377 of 2,416 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,039 Wilmore residents head out of town to work, 377 work right here, and 1,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmore.

2,039live here, work elsewhere

377live and work here

1,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmore goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county15.9 mi away

34%823

Nicholasville5.4 mi away

17%410

Wilmore (in town)right here

16%377

Frankfort24.5 mi away

1%30

Georgetown27.3 mi away

1%29

Richmond22.4 mi away

1%29

Versailles12.3 mi away

1%24

Danville17.6 mi away

1%18

St. Matthews58.9 mi away

1%13

Harrodsburg12.6 mi away

0%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%651

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

How far

How far Wilmore commutes

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

38%

41%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmore is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmore are

1,423 jobs are based in Wilmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilmore

1,423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wilmore residents hold

2,416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+16%

Jobs based in Wilmore, 2013 → 2023: 1,225 → 1,423. 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.