Most of McRoberts commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in McRoberts; the top destination outside it is Whitesburg (16%, 11 miles). 45 jobs are based in McRoberts; 170 of its residents have a job. 9% of workers work from home; Kentucky has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves McRoberts for work, and who comes in
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in McRoberts on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 McRoberts’ working residents head each day
Where McRoberts clocks in
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in McRoberts
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McRoberts, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 45. 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 McRoberts’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in McRoberts
of McRoberts workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 9% 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.
McRoberts’ commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
How McRoberts compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Jenkins (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of McRoberts’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 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 McRoberts: questions
What is the poverty rate in McRoberts?
46.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in McRoberts work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitesburg (16%, 11 mi), Pikeville (6%, 19 mi), Hazard (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McRoberts without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McRoberts, from the people who make the trip.
More of McRoberts
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.