Work & commute · Wurtland

Work & commute in Wurtland, KY

Most working residents leave Wurtland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (22%), Flatwoods (5%) and Huntington (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 298 Wurtland residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wurtland.

298live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wurtland goes to work

Ashland9.6 mi away

22%68

Flatwoods3.2 mi away

5%15

Huntington, WV21 mi away

4%13

Russell5.1 mi away

4%11

Portsmouth, OH16.8 mi away

3%9

Raceland2.3 mi away

3%8

Ironton, OH5.6 mi away

2%7

Worthington2.4 mi away

2%6

Catlettsburg13.2 mi away

2%6

Wurtland (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%155

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

How far

How far Wurtland commutes

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

50%

26%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wurtland is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wurtland are

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

Jobs based in Wurtland

502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Wurtland residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Wurtland, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 502. 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.