Rockholds has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
13 jobs are based in Rockholds for 122 working residents. Hardly any work in Rockholds; the top destination outside it is Williamsburg (19%, 7 miles). 100% of workers have no commute at all (Kentucky 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rockholds by day and by night
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Rockholds on a workday afternoon, 84% 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 people from Rockholds work
Where Rockholds clocks in
19% of workers
18% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Rockholds
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockholds, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 13. 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 Rockholds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rockholds
of Rockholds workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Rockholds, by distance
About 21% 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.
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 Rockholds: questions
What is the median household income in Rockholds?
$31,025 (±$14,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockholds?
6.2%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rockholds work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsburg (19%, 7 mi), Corbin (18%, 7 mi), London (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockholds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockholds
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.