Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Brooksville
2% of workers work from home, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole. About one in seven work in Brooksville itself; outside it, Maysville draws the most (17%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average; Kentucky averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brooksville at work: what stands out
A commute of about 36 minutes in Brooksville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooksville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 2% 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.
Who commutes out of Brooksville, and who commutes in
On a workday 182 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Brooksville on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Brooksville’s workforce comes from
Where Brooksville clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
In Brooksville, services account for most jobs
362 jobs are based in Brooksville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooksville, 2013 → 2023: 375 → 362. 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 Brooksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Brooksville’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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 Brooksville: questions
What is the median household income in Brooksville?
$54,844 (±$24,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooksville?
38.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooksville?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooksville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maysville (17%, 15 mi), Augusta (5%, 7 mi), Cynthiana (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooksville
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.