Most of Ezel commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kentucky has 10%. Ezel has 13 jobs, and 69 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% stay in Ezel for work; outside it, West Liberty is the main destination (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Ezel, and who commutes in
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Ezel on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Ezel’s working residents head each day
Where Ezel clocks in
16% 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 Ezel: what the 13 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Ezel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ezel
of Ezel workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 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 Ezel commutes less than 41 miles
About 42% 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 Ezel: questions
What is the median household income in Ezel?
$41,000 (±$13,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ezel?
7.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ezel work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Liberty (16%, 10 mi), Lexington (14%, 56 mi), Morehead (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ezel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ezel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ezel
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.