Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Kevil, KY
Kevil has 309 jobs, against 222 working residents. Only 4% work in Kevil; the top destination outside it is Paducah (28%, 13 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way, next to 24 for Kentucky and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kevil, in a few figures
Kevil and Paducah trade workers both ways
Paducah is the top workplace for Kevil residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Kevil come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Kevil makes and builds things
54% of the jobs based in Kevil are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kevil residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Kevil pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Kevil pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Kevil residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Kevil. The jobs ↓
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; with 222 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Kevil goes to work
Where Kevil clocks in
28% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 54% of Kevil’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kevil, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 309. 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 Kevil’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kevil fills up on a workday
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Kevil on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Kevil
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kevil workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 5% 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.
Kevil’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 Kevil: questions
What is the median household income in Kevil?
$42,500 (±$12,716) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kevil?
14.6%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kevil?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kevil work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paducah (28%, 13 mi), La Center (5%, 5 mi), Calvert City (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kevil without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kevil, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kevil
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.