Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Falmouth earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
27.8% of residents are in poverty, against 16.1% across Kentucky. The two grades for Falmouth are D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in seven stay in Falmouth for work; outside it, Cincinnati is the main destination (6%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Falmouth apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Falmouth
61% of Falmouth residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Falmouth pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 86% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Falmouth workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 881 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Falmouth gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Falmouth is better than 3% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Falmouth’s grade up (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($34,756, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Falmouth’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Falmouth could be anywhere from D− to D.
Falmouth is a services town
950 jobs are based in Falmouth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falmouth, 2014 → 2024: 1,033 → 950. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Falmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Kentucky
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falmouth workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 864 commuters (the 7% 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 a workday changes Falmouth
On a workday 756 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 825 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 (1.08 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Falmouth: the destinations
Where Falmouth clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
Miles to work from Falmouth
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Falmouth is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Falmouth is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.1% across Kentucky, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 930 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Falmouth households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Falmouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Falmouth sits among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 16 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Pewee Valley KY | 1,668 | $157K | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Warsaw MO | 2,338 | $41K | 20.1% | 3.7% | 15% | D− |
| 5,382 | Allouez Township MI | 1,525 | $45K | 17.7% | 1.9% | 7% | D− |
| 5,383 | Falmouth KY | 2,200 | $35K | 27.8% | 3.5% | 14% | D− |
| 5,384 | Jefferson NC | 1,680 | $41K | 22.9% | 2.5% | 18% | D− |
| 5,385 | Biscoe NC | 1,887 | $45K | 34.9% | 3.1% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Falmouth, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Falmouth: questions
What is the median household income in Falmouth?
$34,756 (±$12,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falmouth?
27.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falmouth?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falmouth work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cincinnati (6%, 34 mi), Florence (5%, 28 mi), Covington (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Falmouth walkable?
Falmouth is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falmouth without a car?
3% 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 Falmouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falmouth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.