Work & commute · Winchester

Work & commute in Winchester, KY

About one in 4 of Winchester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lexington-Fayette urban county (32%), Georgetown (4%) and Richmond (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,980 of 7,850 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 5,870 Winchester residents head out of town to work, 1,980 work right here, and 8,819 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winchester.

5,870live here, work elsewhere

1,980live and work here

8,819work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winchester goes to work

Lexington-Fayette urban county14.8 mi away

32%2,483

Winchester (in town)right here

25%1,980

Georgetown25.8 mi away

4%304

Richmond19.8 mi away

2%185

Frankfort39.1 mi away

2%128

Mount Sterling13.9 mi away

1%109

Paris14.4 mi away

1%97

Nicholasville21.8 mi away

1%89

Danville40.6 mi away

1%62

St. Matthews80.5 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,354

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

How far

How far Winchester commutes

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

30%

42%

11%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winchester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winchester are

10,799 jobs are based in Winchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winchester

10,799 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Winchester residents hold

7,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+12%

Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 9,627 → 10,799. 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.