Photo: Bedford at en.wikipedia · Public domainCalhoun has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 501 people commute in to work
The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26. 524 jobs are based in Calhoun; 291 of its residents have a job. Only 8% work in Calhoun itself; outside it, Owensboro draws the most (32%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Calhoun: the gist
Calhoun is where the jobs are
Calhoun has 524 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
One in three of Calhoun works in Owensboro
94 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Owensboro, 17 miles away. That’s 4 times as many as work in Calhoun itself. The commute map ↓
Calhoun workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 291 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Calhoun
On a workday 268 residents head out to work and 23 work right here.
About 950 people are in Calhoun on a workday afternoon, 32% more 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.
Where the people who work in Calhoun live
Where Calhoun clocks in
32% 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.
Getting to work from Calhoun takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calhoun workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 commuters (the 10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Calhoun
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calhoun, 2013 → 2023: 680 → 524. 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 Calhoun’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Calhoun goes to work
About 18% 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 Calhoun: questions
What is the median household income in Calhoun?
$52,500 (±$20,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calhoun?
14.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calhoun?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calhoun work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owensboro (32%, 17 mi), Madisonville (4%, 19 mi), Beech Grove (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calhoun without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calhoun, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calhoun
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.