Work & commute · Americus

Work & commute in Americus, KS

Most working residents leave Americus for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (51%), Wichita (5%) and Topeka (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 379 Americus residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Americus.

379live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Americus goes to work

Emporia8 mi away

51%199

Wichita81.7 mi away

5%20

Topeka47.5 mi away

4%16

Americus (in town)right here

3%12

Manhattan50.6 mi away

2%8

Overland Park88.7 mi away

2%8

Salina76 mi away

2%7

Lenexa84.7 mi away

2%7

Hutchinson94.4 mi away

1%5

Lawrence62.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%104

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

How far

How far Americus commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Americus is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Americus are

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

Jobs based in Americus

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Americus residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3%

Jobs based in Americus, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 136. 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.