Photo: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Flemingsburg earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Flemingsburg itself; outside it, Maysville draws the most (10%, 16 miles). Poverty touches 34.3% of residents; Kentucky has 16.1%. For jobs and income Flemingsburg is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Flemingsburg apart
Fewer jobs are based in Flemingsburg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Flemingsburg fell from 3,586 in 2014 to 2,017 in 2024, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Flemingsburg is where the jobs are
Flemingsburg has 2,017 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Flemingsburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 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.
Where Flemingsburg’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flemingsburg is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #142 of 142 in Kentucky. Job access by car holds Flemingsburg’s grade up (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flemingsburg stays D−.
What the 2,017 jobs in Flemingsburg are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flemingsburg, 2014 → 2024: 3,586 → 2,017. 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 Flemingsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Flemingsburg
On a workday 884 residents head out to work, 240 work right here, and 1,777 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Flemingsburg on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Flemingsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flemingsburg workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 913 commuters (the 4% 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 towns that send workers to Flemingsburg
Where Flemingsburg clocks in
10% 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.
How far Flemingsburg goes to work
About 28% 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.
The commute in Flemingsburg is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 954 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). 15.0% of Flemingsburg households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flemingsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Flemingsburg sits among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Lakeside Park KY | 2,847 | $129K | 1.5% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 15 | Indian Hills KY | 2,939 | $192K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,720 | Wofford Heights CA | 2,656 | $39K | 20.9% | 22.6% | 2% | D− |
| 4,721 | Brinkley AR | 2,468 | $39K | 25.7% | 16.7% | 28% | D− |
| 4,722 | Flemingsburg KY | 3,005 | $35K | 34.3% | 20.5% | 21% | D− |
| 4,723 | Hominy OK | 3,293 | $37K | 27.1% | 11.9% | 10% | D− |
| 4,724 | Williamson WV | 2,753 | $22K | 49.1% | 13.6% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Flemingsburg, 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 Flemingsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Flemingsburg?
$35,493 (±$3,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flemingsburg?
34.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flemingsburg?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flemingsburg work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maysville (10%, 16 mi), Lexington (10%, 47 mi), Morehead (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Flemingsburg walkable?
Flemingsburg is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flemingsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flemingsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flemingsburg
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.