Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Willisburg draws 268 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
271 jobs are based in Willisburg; 125 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Willisburg; the top destination outside it is Springfield (15%, 10 miles). Working residents average 26 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
A workday in Willisburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 122 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 450 people are in Willisburg on a workday afternoon, 48% more 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 people who work in Willisburg live
Where Willisburg clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
Willisburg is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willisburg, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 271. 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 Willisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Kentucky
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willisburg workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Willisburg
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 Willisburg: questions
What is the median household income in Willisburg?
$49,688 (±$9,498) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willisburg?
32.3%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willisburg?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willisburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (15%, 10 mi), Bardstown (10%, 18 mi), Lebanon (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Willisburg 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 Willisburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willisburg
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.