Photo: Bcopeland69 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Symsonia works elsewhere
Employers in Symsonia report 38 jobs; 249 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Symsonia; the top destination outside it is Paducah (31%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Kentucky has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Symsonia, in brief
Symsonia is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Symsonia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Symsonia has about 260 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Symsonia works in Paducah
77 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Paducah, 12 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Symsonia itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Symsonia are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Kentucky worker. Time on the road ↓
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 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Symsonia on a workday
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Symsonia on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The places Symsonia commutes to
Where Symsonia clocks in
31% of workers
14% 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.
The daily trip from Symsonia: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Symsonia workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 233 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 Symsonia: what the 38 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Symsonia, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 38. 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 Symsonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Symsonia, by distance
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 Symsonia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Symsonia?
21.8%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Symsonia?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Symsonia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paducah (31%, 12 mi), Mayfield (14%, 14 mi), Benton (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Symsonia 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 Symsonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Symsonia
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.