Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHow Wurtland works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 10% for Kentucky as a whole. Only 2% work in Wurtland; the top destination outside it is Ashland (22%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wurtland
Wurtland is where the jobs are
Wurtland has 502 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Wurtland are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Wurtland on a workday
On a workday 298 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Wurtland on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Wurtland’s employers do
502 jobs are based in Wurtland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wurtland, 2013 → 2023: 420 → 502. 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 Wurtland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Wurtland’s workforce comes from
Where Wurtland clocks in
22% of workers
5% 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.
The daily trip from Wurtland: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wurtland workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 380 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.
How far it is to work from Wurtland
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Wurtland
The biggest share goes to Raceland (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wurtland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wurtland | – | — | — | 24 min | $60,972 |
| Worthington | 2% | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $65,609 |
| Raceland | 3% | C− | C+ | 21 min | $57,222 |
| Greenup | under 2% | D | A | 30 min | $40,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wurtland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Wurtland: questions
What is the median household income in Wurtland?
$60,972 (±$15,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,726 across Kentucky and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wurtland?
24.5%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wurtland?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Kentucky and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wurtland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (22%, 10 mi), Flatwoods (5%, 3 mi), Huntington (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wurtland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wurtland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wurtland
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.