Jobs, income and commuting in Coldiron, KY
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kentucky has 10%. Hardly any work in Coldiron itself; outside it, London draws the most (8%, 40 miles). 36 jobs are based in Coldiron, against 36 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Coldiron by day
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
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 Coldiron’s working residents head each day
Where Coldiron clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Coldiron: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coldiron, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 36. 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 Coldiron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Coldiron
of Coldiron workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 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 many miles Coldiron commutes
About 26% 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 Coldiron: questions
What is the median household income in Coldiron?
$58,690 (±$36,635) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coldiron?
9.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Coldiron work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are London (8%, 40 mi), Hyden (6%, 23 mi), Pineville (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coldiron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coldiron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coldiron
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.