Work & commute · Afton

Work & commute in Afton, KS

Most working residents leave Afton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (47%), Goddard (7%) and Waco (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 645 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 638 Afton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Afton.

638live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Afton goes to work

Wichita17.5 mi away

47%303

Goddard6.3 mi away

7%45

Waco12 mi away

5%31

Andale12.5 mi away

3%22

Maize15.5 mi away

3%21

Riverside20 mi away

2%14

Colwich13.4 mi away

2%12

Garden Plain3.7 mi away

2%10

Garden Plain5.3 mi away

2%10

Topeka144.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%168

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

How far

How far Afton commutes

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

17%

65%

12%

17%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Afton is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Afton are

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

Jobs based in Afton

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Afton residents hold

645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+300%

Jobs based in Afton, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 100. 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.