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Jobs & commute in Cleaton

Cleaton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%. Employers in Cleaton report 7 jobs, against 68 working residents. Hardly any work in Cleaton; the top destination outside it is Central City (16%, 4 miles).

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

Day and night

Cleaton by day and by night

On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

68live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night38
Workday0
38live here− 68head out to work+ 7come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Cleaton on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs 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 the trip to work from Cleaton ends

Greensburg: 1 residents work here (1%)Columbus: 1 residents work here (1%)Central City: 11 residents work here (16%)Greenville: 10 residents work here (15%)JeffersontownMadisonville: 2 residents work here (3%)Owensboro: 3 residents work here (4%)Hopkinsville: 2 residents work here (3%)Lexington: 2 residents work here (3%)Kansas CityClarksville: 2 residents work here (3%)Smyrna TownshipLouisville: 2 residents work here (3%)CleatonBeechmontCentral CityGreenvilleOwensboroMadisonvilleHopkinsvilleLexingtonCleaton
1
Central City3.8 mi away
16%11
2
Greenville5.6 mi away
15%10
3
Owensboro35 mi away
4%3
4
Madisonville23.5 mi away
3%2
5
Hopkinsville35.5 mi away
3%2
6
Lexington154 mi away
3%2
7
Clarksville, TN49.4 mi away
3%2
8
Louisville101.7 mi away
3%2
9
Greensburg, IN168.7 mi away
1%1
10
Columbus, IN149.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%32
The top trips

Where Cleaton 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

The kinds of work in Cleaton

Jobs based in CleatonJobs Cleaton residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%32%
Trade, transport & utilities29%21%
Services: health, schools, offices71%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less29%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month71%29%
Over $3,333 a month0%51%

Who does it

29 or younger0%26%
30 to 5471%54%
55 and older29%19%
+40%

Jobs based in Cleaton, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 7. 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 Cleaton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cleaton

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 23 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

The distance from Cleaton to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCentral City: 16% · 3.8 miGreenville: 15% · 5.6 miOwensboro: 4% · 35 miMadisonville: 3% · 23.5 miHopkinsville: 3% · 35.5 miLexington: 3% · 154 miClarksville: 3% · 49.4 miLouisville: 3% · 101.7 miGreensburg: 1% · 168.7 miColumbus: 1% · 149.3 miCentral City 16%Greenville 15%Owensboro 4%Madisonville 3%Hopkinsville 3%Cleaton
CleatonTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi30 residents
13%10–24 mi9 residents
15%25–50 mi10 residents
27%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 27% 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 Cleaton: questions

What is the poverty rate in Cleaton?

0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Cleaton work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Central City (16%, 4 mi), Greenville (15%, 6 mi), Owensboro (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cleaton 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 Cleaton, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cleaton

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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.