Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFrenchburg has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 387 people commute in to work
There are 408 jobs in Frenchburg, against 218 working residents. About one in ten work in Frenchburg itself; outside it, Lexington draws the most (16%, 46 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Frenchburg at work: what stands out
Short hops and long hauls from Frenchburg
About 26% 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.
Who works in Frenchburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 197 residents head out to work and 21 work right here.
About 820 people are in Frenchburg on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
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 in to Frenchburg: where workers come from
Where Frenchburg clocks in
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Frenchburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frenchburg, 2014 → 2024: 147 → 408. 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 Frenchburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Frenchburg spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frenchburg workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 6% 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.
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 Frenchburg: questions
What is the median household income in Frenchburg?
$26,806 (±$16,803) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frenchburg?
39.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frenchburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frenchburg work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (16%, 46 mi), Mount Sterling (9%, 19 mi), Morehead (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Frenchburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frenchburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frenchburg
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.