Woodford County, KY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Woodford County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Woodford County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
15,233
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,017
people in Woodford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$80,006
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Woodford County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 7.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.2 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Woodford County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Longtime Lexington TV anchor Doug High will be on the air again soonLexington Herald-Leader on MSN · Oct 24, 2026

Learn and get funded in Woodford County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Woodford County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Woodford County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Woodford County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers2 open roles
Autozone1 open role
City National Bank of West Virginia1 open role

Colleges in Woodford County

Colleges in Woodford County
College	City	Type	Students
Frontier Nursing University	Versailles	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Midway University	Midway	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Woodford County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Kentucky? How to file for unemployment in Kentucky (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Bluegrass Workforce Innovation Board
Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, Woodford

Cities in Woodford County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Kentucky’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Kentucky unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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