Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Pippa Passes
A typical one-way commute from Pippa Passes lasts 16 minutes (Kentucky 24, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Pippa Passes itself; outside it, Hindman draws the most (15%, 6 miles). Employers in Pippa Passes report 198 jobs; 116 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Pippa Passes
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Pippa Passes on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
1.7 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pippa Passes’ workforce comes from
Where Pippa Passes clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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 Pippa Passes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pippa Passes, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 198. 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 Pippa Passes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pippa Passes: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pippa Passes workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 142 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.
How far Pippa Passes’ workers travel
About 29% 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 Pippa Passes: questions
What is the median household income in Pippa Passes?
$73,750 (±$60,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pippa Passes?
12.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pippa Passes?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pippa Passes work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hindman (15%, 6 mi), Hazard (13%, 19 mi), Lexington (7%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pippa Passes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pippa Passes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pippa Passes
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.