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Jobs & commute in Artemus

Artemus has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. There are 23 jobs in Artemus, and 137 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Artemus for work; outside it, Barbourville is the main destination (25%, 3 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Artemus

On a workday 135 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

135live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night430
Workday310
430live here− 140head out to work+ 21come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Artemus on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Artemus work

Barbourville: 34 residents work here (25%)Whitesburg: 2 residents work here (1%)Williamsburg: 4 residents work here (3%)Middlesborough: 5 residents work here (4%)Corbin: 9 residents work here (7%)London: 5 residents work here (4%)Berea: 2 residents work here (1%)Richmond: 3 residents work here (2%)Bowling Green: 3 residents work here (2%)Lexington: 6 residents work here (4%)CombsArtemusFlat LickBarbourvilleCorbinLexingtonMiddlesboroughLondonWilliamsburgArtemus
1
Barbourville2.8 mi away
25%34
2
Corbin15.5 mi away
7%9
3
Lexington89.6 mi away
4%6
4
Middlesborough17 mi away
4%5
5
London23.2 mi away
4%5
6
Williamsburg19 mi away
3%4
7
Richmond66.4 mi away
2%3
8
Bowling Green143.3 mi away
2%3
9
Whitesburg59.7 mi away
1%2
10
Berea57.4 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%64
The top trips

Where Artemus clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

What Artemus’ employers do

Jobs based in ArtemusJobs Artemus residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities78%18%
Services: health, schools, offices22%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%39%
Over $3,333 a month52%42%

Who does it

29 or younger17%28%
30 to 5465%58%
55 and older17%13%
+360%

Jobs based in Artemus, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 23. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Artemus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Artemus

Working from home
0%

of Artemus workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Artemus gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 41 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Where in the region Artemus works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBarbourville: 25% · 2.8 miCorbin: 7% · 15.5 miLexington: 4% · 89.6 miMiddlesborough: 4% · 17 miLondon: 4% · 23.2 miWilliamsburg: 3% · 19 miRichmond: 2% · 66.4 miBowling Green: 2% · 143.3 miWhitesburg: 1% · 59.7 miBerea: 1% · 57.4 miBarbourville 25%Corbin 7%Lexington 4%Middlesborough 4%London 4%Artemus
ArtemusTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi44 residents
32%10–24 mi44 residents
7%25–50 mi10 residents
28%Over 50 mi38 residents

About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Artemus: questions

What is the median household income in Artemus?

$21,141 (±$9,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Artemus?

62.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Artemus work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barbourville (25%, 3 mi), Corbin (7%, 16 mi), Lexington (4%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Artemus without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Artemus, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Artemus

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.