Photo: Nils Huenerfuerst · CC BY 4.0Maysville has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
About two in five stay in Maysville for work; outside it, Lexington is the main destination (7%, 55 miles). 24.3% of residents live below the poverty line; Kentucky has 16.1%. Maysville grades D for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Maysville
Maysville is where the jobs are
Maysville has 6,759 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 12,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 8,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Maysville draws workers from far and wide
The 6,759 jobs in Maysville are filled from a wide area. Maysville’s own residents hold 20% and the ten next-biggest home towns 10%; the other 70% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Maysville’s 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 29 to 34 minutes. Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Maysville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maysville is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #122 of 142 in Kentucky. Unemployment holds Maysville’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($39,013, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maysville could be anywhere from D− to C.
Who commutes out of Maysville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,802 residents head out to work, 1,365 work right here, and 5,394 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Maysville on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Maysville live
Where Maysville clocks in
1% of workers
1% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maysville
About 33% 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.
The 6,759 jobs based in Maysville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maysville, 2014 → 2024: 7,238 → 6,759. 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 Maysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Maysville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maysville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,450 commuters (the 6% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Maysville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maysville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #34 of 142 in Kentucky. Both inputs place Maysville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,683 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). 13.3% of Maysville households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Maysville’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,700, and where Maysville sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Francisville KY | 10,565 | $159K | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Union KY | 7,937 | $137K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Oakbrook KY | 10,211 | $95K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,693 | Anderson CA | 11,131 | $47K | 21.2% | 7.5% | 13% | D |
| 2,694 | Vidalia GA | 10,885 | $49K | 25.7% | 5.4% | 36% | D |
| 2,695 | Maysville KY | 8,688 | $39K | 24.3% | 4.4% | 43% | D |
| 2,696 | Clinton NC | 8,466 | $45K | 23.6% | 4.9% | 25% | D |
| 2,697 | Sutherlin OR | 8,635 | $51K | 12.6% | 7.6% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,893 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Maysville, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
The towns around Maysville
The biggest share goes to Union Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maysville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maysville | – | D | A− | 24 min | $39,013 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maysville’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 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 Maysville: questions
What is the median household income in Maysville?
$39,013 (±$7,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maysville?
24.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maysville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maysville work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (7%, 55 mi), Flemingsburg (1%, 16 mi), Georgetown (1%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Maysville walkable?
Maysville is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maysville without a car?
<1% 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 Maysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maysville
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. 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.