Hardly anyone in Hendron is out of work
Hendron grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% work in Hendron; the top destination outside it is Paducah (50%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hendron in brief
More than half of Hendron works in Paducah
948 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Paducah, 2.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 25 times as many as work in Hendron itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Hendron than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Hendron fell from 1,656 in 2013 to 882 in 2023, −47%. 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 ↓
Most Hendron residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Hendron’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hendron is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #21 of 142 in Kentucky. Unemployment holds Hendron’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($71,610, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hendron could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where people from Hendron work
Where Hendron clocks in
50% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
What the 882 jobs in Hendron are
882 jobs are based in Hendron.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hendron, 2013 → 2023: 1,656 → 882. 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 Hendron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hendron goes to work
About 16% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Hendron
On a workday 1,838 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Hendron on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.47 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Hendron
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hendron workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,785 commuters (the 7% 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.
Driving is how Hendron gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hendron is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #130 of 142 in Kentucky. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.1% across Kentucky.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,912 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). 12.9% of Hendron households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hendron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hendron next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,100: 786th of 4,088 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Prospect KY | 4,705 | $163K | 2.4% | 4.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Hurstbourne KY | 4,787 | $116K | 5.5% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 784 | Moral Township IN | 4,593 | $98K | 4.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| 785 | Shingle Springs CA | 3,801 | $136K | 5.9% | 4.1% | 4% | A− |
| 786 | Hendron KY | 4,495 | $72K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 787 | Four Corners MT | 5,791 | $101K | 6.3% | 0.5% | 10% | A− |
| 788 | Rice Lake MN | 4,169 | $90K | 7.2% | 1.2% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,088 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hendron, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
Hendron and its neighbors: 51% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Paducah. Darker towns draw more of Hendron’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hendron: questions
What is the median household income in Hendron?
$71,610 (±$12,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hendron?
3.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hendron?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hendron work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paducah (50%, 3 mi), Mayfield (3%, 20 mi), Calvert City (2%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hendron walkable?
Hendron is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hendron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hendron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hendron
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. 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.