Work & commute · Kansas

Work & commute in Kansas, AL

Most working residents leave Kansas for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (13%), Birmingham (9%) and Carbon Hill (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64 Kansas residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kansas.

64live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kansas goes to work

Jasper16.9 mi away

13%9

Birmingham50.8 mi away

9%6

Carbon Hill2.1 mi away

7%5

Kansas (in town)right here

4%3

Huntsville74.4 mi away

4%3

Double Springs19.6 mi away

3%2

Mountain Brook55.1 mi away

3%2

Cullman45.2 mi away

3%2

Vestavia Hills56 mi away

3%2

Oakman16.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%32

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Kansas commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

34%

16%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kansas is a job hub

11.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

11.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kansas are

783 jobs are based in Kansas. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kansas’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kansas

783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Kansas residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−8%

Jobs based in Kansas, 2013 → 2023: 848 → 783. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.