Work & commute · Alta Vista

Work & commute in Alta Vista, KS

Most working residents leave Alta Vista for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (19%), Manhattan (13%) and Alma (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 171 Alta Vista residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta Vista.

171live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta Vista goes to work

Topeka44.2 mi away

19%33

Manhattan23.3 mi away

13%22

Alma15.1 mi away

9%15

St. Marys32.3 mi away

6%10

Wamego25.5 mi away

4%7

Overland Park96.7 mi away

3%6

Alta Vista (in town)right here

3%5

Wichita93.5 mi away

3%5

Lawrence66.1 mi away

2%4

Olathe89.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%65

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

How far

How far Alta Vista commutes

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

30%

39%

27%

4%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta Vista is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta Vista are

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

Jobs based in Alta Vista

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Alta Vista residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Alta Vista, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 113. 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.