Camp Beauregard Memorial in Water Valley · Photo: Jacob singleton21 · CC BY-SA 4.0Water Valley has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Water Valley itself; outside it, Mayfield draws the most (27%, 15 miles). Water Valley has 2 jobs for 79 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kentucky as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Water Valley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Water Valley on a workday afternoon, 56% 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 the trip to work from Water Valley ends
Where Water Valley clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
What Water Valley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Water Valley, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 2. 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 Water Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Kentucky
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Water Valley workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 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.
Where in the region Water Valley works
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 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 Water Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Water Valley?
$42,143 (±$22,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Water Valley?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Water Valley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Water Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mayfield (27%, 15 mi), Paducah (6%, 36 mi), Murray (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Water Valley 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 Water Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Water Valley
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.