With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Flat Lick works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 10% across Kentucky. 42 jobs are based in Flat Lick; 253 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Flat Lick; the top destination outside it is Barbourville (24%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Flat Lick apart on work
Flat Lick is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Flat Lick, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flat Lick has about 420 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Flat Lick workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 10% across Kentucky. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Flat Lick, and who commutes in
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Flat Lick on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Working from home in Flat Lick
of Flat Lick workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
The places Flat Lick commutes to
Where Flat Lick clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
In Flat Lick, 71% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flat Lick, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 42. 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 Flat Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Flat Lick, by distance
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.
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 Flat Lick: questions
What is the median household income in Flat Lick?
$17,303 (±$14,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flat Lick?
100.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Flat Lick work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barbourville (24%, 7 mi), Corbin (9%, 20 mi), Lexington (4%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Flat Lick 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 Flat Lick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flat Lick
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.