Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Wingo commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Wingo has 33 jobs, against 218 working residents. Hardly any work in Wingo itself; outside it, Mayfield draws the most (18%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers, 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
What stands out about work in Wingo
Wingo is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Wingo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wingo has about 400 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wingo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Kentucky. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wingo
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Wingo on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Getting to work from Wingo takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wingo workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 4% 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 towns that employ Wingo’s residents
Where Wingo clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 42% of jobs based in Wingo
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wingo, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 33. 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 Wingo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Wingo works
About 28% 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 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 Wingo: questions
What is the median household income in Wingo?
$50,000 (±$10,122) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wingo?
15.4%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wingo?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wingo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mayfield (18%, 8 mi), Paducah (8%, 30 mi), Murray (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wingo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wingo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wingo
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.