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Jobs & commute in Gracey

For more than half of its working residents, Gracey is a commute to Hopkinsville

Hardly any work in Gracey itself; outside it, Hopkinsville draws the most (60%, 11 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Kentucky has 10%. The Census job records count 52 working residents of Gracey and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Gracey

On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

52live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday55
110live here− 52head out to work+ 0come in to work= 55on a workday

About 55 people are in Gracey on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Gracey ends

Beaver Dam: 1 residents work here (2%)Cold Spring: 1 residents work here (2%)Benton: 1 residents work here (2%)Princeton: 1 residents work here (2%)Oak Grove: 1 residents work here (2%)Bowling Green: 2 residents work here (4%)Hopkinsville: 31 residents work here (60%)Elizabethtown: 1 residents work here (2%)Lexington: 1 residents work here (2%)Fayetteville: 1 residents work here (2%)GraceyHopkinsvilleBowling GreenBeaver DamCold SpringBentonPrincetonGracey
1
Hopkinsville10.9 mi away
60%31
2
Bowling Green68.3 mi away
4%2
3
Beaver Dam56.6 mi away
2%1
4
Cold Spring229.6 mi away
2%1
5
Benton38.6 mi away
2%1
6
Princeton19.9 mi away
2%1
7
Oak Grove19.5 mi away
2%1
8
Elizabethtown113.4 mi away
2%1
9
Lexington193.2 mi away
2%1
10
Fayetteville, TN134.4 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%11
The top trips

Where Gracey clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Gracey

Working from home
0%

of Gracey workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Gracey gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 38 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gracey

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHopkinsville: 60% · 10.9 miBowling Green: 4% · 68.3 miBeaver Dam: 2% · 56.6 miCold Spring: 2% · 229.6 miBenton: 2% · 38.6 miPrinceton: 2% · 19.9 miOak Grove: 2% · 19.5 miElizabethtown: 2% · 113.4 miLexington: 2% · 193.2 miFayetteville: 2% · 134.4 miHopkinsville 60%Bowling Green 4%Beaver Dam 2%Cold Spring 2%Benton 2%Gracey
GraceyTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi17 residents
37%10–24 mi19 residents
4%25–50 mi2 residents
25%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 25% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Gracey: questions

What is the median household income in Gracey?

$80,000 (±$9,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Gracey?

0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Gracey work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Gracey 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 Gracey, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Gracey

Gracey home →

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.