Lowes has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Lowes; the top destination outside it is Paducah (25%, 15 miles). Lowes has 1 jobs; 36 of its residents have a job. 100.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Kentucky as a whole has 16.1%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Lowes for work, and who comes in
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Lowes on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where the trip to work from Lowes ends
Where Lowes clocks in
25% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Lowes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Lowes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Lowes to work
About 15% 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 Lowes: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lowes?
100.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lowes work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paducah (25%, 15 mi), Mayfield (8%, 12 mi), Union City (6%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowes
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.