Most of Reidland commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Reidland has 456 jobs, against 1,770 working residents. Jobs and income earn Reidland B+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Reidland in brief
42% of Reidland works in Paducah
742 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Paducah, 7.8 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Reidland itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Reidland are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Reidland than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Reidland fell from 683 in 2014 to 456 in 2024, −33%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Reidland is a place people come home to
There are 456 jobs based in Reidland, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reidland has about 4,000 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Reidland gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Reidland is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #36 of 142 in Kentucky. Household income holds Reidland’s grade up ($99,423, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Reidland could be anywhere from C+ to A.
42% of working residents work in Paducah
Where Reidland clocks in
42% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The trip to work from Reidland: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reidland workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,533 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.
Jobs in Reidland: what the 456 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reidland, 2014 → 2024: 683 → 456. 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 Reidland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Reidland: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,737 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Reidland on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where in the region Reidland works
About 18% 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.
Reidland is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reidland is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #133 of 142 in Kentucky. Both inputs place Reidland 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 2,699 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). 0.8% of Reidland households have no vehicle (Kentucky 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reidland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Reidland ranks 1,250th of 3,582 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Buckner KY | 4,119 | $164K | 0.1% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 292 | Fort Wright KY | 6,240 | $105K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Prospect KY | 4,705 | $163K | 2.4% | 4.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,248 | Hartland NY | 3,803 | $92K | 6.3% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,249 | Mahoning Township PA | 4,390 | $72K | 7.3% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,250 | Reidland KY | 5,277 | $99K | 7.9% | 3.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,251 | Northgate OH | 6,723 | $74K | 9.7% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Solvang CA | 5,944 | $109K | 11.3% | 1.8% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Reidland, the top three, the last and three more from Kentucky.
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 Reidland: questions
What is the median household income in Reidland?
$99,423 (±$22,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reidland?
7.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reidland?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reidland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paducah (42%, 8 mi), Calvert City (6%, 8 mi), Mayfield (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Reidland walkable?
Reidland is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reidland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reidland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reidland
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.