With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Virgie works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Kentucky has 10%. Employers in Virgie report 18 jobs; 68 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Virgie; the top destination outside it is Pikeville (37%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Virgie for work, and who comes in
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Virgie on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
The places Virgie commutes to
Where Virgie clocks in
37% 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 kinds of work in Virgie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Virgie, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 18. 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 Virgie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Virgie
of Virgie workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 0% 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 Virgie, by distance
About 24% 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 Virgie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Virgie?
38.9%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Virgie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pikeville (37%, 10 mi), Lexington (6%, 114 mi), Pound (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Virgie 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 Virgie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Virgie
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.