Robards has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Robards report 25 jobs, against 218 working residents. Hardly any work in Robards; the top destination outside it is Henderson (28%, 11 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across Kentucky.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Robards stands out on work
Robards is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Robards, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Robards has about 250 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Robards works in Henderson
62 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Henderson, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Robards itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Robards by day and by night
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Robards on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 Robards goes to work
Where Robards clocks in
28% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Robards
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robards, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 25. 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 Robards’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Robards: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Robards workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 3% 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.
The commute from Robards, by distance
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 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 Robards: questions
What is the median household income in Robards?
$80,250 (±$25,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robards?
7.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Robards?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Robards work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Henderson (28%, 11 mi), Evansville (10%, 21 mi), Owensboro (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Robards without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Robards, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robards
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.