Photo: w.marsh · CC BY 2.0Hindman draws 442 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
About one in seven work in Hindman itself; outside it, Hazard draws the most (11%, 13 miles). There are 471 jobs in Hindman; 182 of its residents have a job. 1% of workers work from home, 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
Hindman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 153 residents head out to work and 29 work right here.
About 930 people are in Hindman on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Hindman’s workforce comes from
Where Hindman clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Hindman are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hindman, 2013 → 2023: 400 → 471. 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 Hindman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 13 minutes each way, quicker than most of Kentucky
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hindman workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 1% 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 Hindman
About 34% 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 Hindman: questions
What is the median household income in Hindman?
$27,632 (±$21,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hindman?
45.6%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hindman?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hindman work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazard (11%, 13 mi), Lexington (8%, 94 mi), Pippa Passes (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hindman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hindman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hindman
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.