Most of Garrison commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Garrison report 128 jobs; 259 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Garrison; the top destination outside it is Vanceburg (16%, 8 miles). Below the poverty line: 54.0% of residents, where Kentucky as a whole has 16.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Garrison apart on work
Where in the region Garrison works
About 36% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Garrison
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Garrison on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Garrison’s working residents head each day
Where Garrison clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Garrison
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 128. 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 Garrison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Garrison
of Garrison workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 commuters (the 10% 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 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 Garrison: questions
What is the median household income in Garrison?
$29,500 (±$24,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garrison?
54.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Garrison work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vanceburg (16%, 8 mi), Maysville (6%, 33 mi), Portsmouth (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garrison without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garrison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garrison
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.