Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Hustonville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
47 jobs are based in Hustonville; 157 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hustonville itself; outside it, Danville draws the most (30%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 48 minutes, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hustonville by day
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Hustonville on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Hustonville’s residents
Where Hustonville clocks in
30% 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.
Jobs in Hustonville: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hustonville, 2014 → 2024: 40 → 47. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hustonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 48 minutes each way for Hustonville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hustonville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hustonville
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Hustonville: questions
What is the median household income in Hustonville?
$40,288 (±$18,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hustonville?
22.7%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hustonville?
48 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hustonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danville (30%, 11 mi), Lexington (10%, 43 mi), Stanford (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hustonville 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 Hustonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hustonville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.