Photo: Missvain · CC BY 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in Prestonville for every working resident, and 101 people commute in
Prestonville has 104 jobs for 54 working residents. Only 6% work in Prestonville; the top destination outside it is Carrollton (11%, 2 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Kentucky.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Prestonville
On a workday 51 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 230 people are in Prestonville on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.9 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.
Who travels to work in Prestonville, and from where
Where Prestonville clocks in
11% 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.
66% of the jobs in Prestonville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prestonville, 2014 → 2024: 100 → 104. 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 Prestonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Prestonville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prestonville workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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.
Where in the region Prestonville works
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.
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 Prestonville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Prestonville?
47.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prestonville?
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 Prestonville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrollton (11%, 2 mi), Madison (6%, 12 mi), Frankfort (6%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Prestonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Prestonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prestonville
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.