With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hazel Green works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Hazel Green; the top destination outside it is Campton (26%, 8 miles). 10 jobs are based in Hazel Green; 53 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hazel Green by day and by night
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Hazel Green on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The places Hazel Green commutes to
Where Hazel Green clocks in
26% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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 jobs make up 30% of work in Hazel Green
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazel Green, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 10. 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 Hazel Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hazel Green
of Hazel Green workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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 it is to work from Hazel Green
About 17% 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 Hazel Green: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hazel Green?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hazel Green work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Campton (26%, 8 mi), Jackson (6%, 17 mi), Beattyville (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hazel Green 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 Hazel Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazel Green
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.