Utica has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Utica has 16 jobs, against 142 working residents. Hardly any work in Utica itself; outside it, Owensboro draws the most (42%, 11 miles). 100% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Utica for work, and who comes in
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Utica on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 the trip to work from Utica ends
Where Utica clocks in
42% 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.
A place that makes things: 50% of Utica’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 16. 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 Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Utica
of Utica 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.
Utica’s commute, mile by mile
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 Utica: questions
What is the poverty rate in Utica?
50.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Utica work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owensboro (42%, 11 mi), Bowling Green (3%, 57 mi), Grass Township (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Utica, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica
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.