Most of Ekron commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole. Ekron has 27 jobs for 69 working residents. Hardly any work in Ekron; the top destination outside it is Louisville (13%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Ekron: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Ekron on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 towns that employ Ekron’s residents
Where Ekron clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 52% of work in Ekron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ekron, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 27. 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 Ekron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Ekron: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ekron workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 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.
Half of Ekron commutes less than 27 miles
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 Ekron: questions
What is the median household income in Ekron?
$42,500 (±$10,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ekron?
28.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ekron?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ekron work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Louisville (13%, 33 mi), Brandenburg (12%, 5 mi), Elizabethtown (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ekron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ekron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ekron
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.