With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Auxier works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all (Kentucky 10%). There are 17 jobs in Auxier; 223 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Auxier; the top destination outside it is Prestonsburg (25%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Auxier: the gist
Auxier is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Auxier, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Auxier has about 450 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Auxier and Prestonsburg trade workers both ways
Prestonsburg is the top workplace for Auxier residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Auxier come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Auxier workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Auxier
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Auxier on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
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 places Auxier commutes to
Where Auxier clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
From Auxier, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auxier workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 361 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.
Auxier works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auxier, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 17. 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 Auxier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Auxier’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Auxier: questions
What is the median household income in Auxier?
$116,991 (±$54,409) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auxier?
5.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auxier?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auxier work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prestonsburg (25%, 4 mi), Pikeville (8%, 22 mi), Paintsville (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Auxier 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 Auxier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auxier
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.