Work & commute · Kansas

Work & commute in Kansas, IL

Most working residents leave Kansas for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (27%), Terre Haute (11%) and Charleston (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 274 Kansas residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kansas.

274live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kansas goes to work

Paris14 mi away

27%75

Terre Haute, IN30.7 mi away

11%31

Charleston13.6 mi away

4%12

Mattoon23.1 mi away

4%12

Urbana40.8 mi away

3%9

Grandview6.1 mi away

3%8

Champaign42.6 mi away

2%6

Paris13.2 mi away

2%6

Greenup24.2 mi away

2%5

Marshall17 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%105

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.

48%

26%

20%

5%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kansas is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kansas are

52 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

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Kansas residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−50%

Jobs based in Kansas, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 52. 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.