Work & commute · Andale

Work & commute in Andale, KS

Most working residents leave Andale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (51%), Maize (6%) and Colwich (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 430 Andale residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andale.

430live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andale goes to work

Wichita16.8 mi away

51%234

Andale (in town)right here

7%33

Maize9.3 mi away

6%28

Colwich5 mi away

5%23

Waco16.9 mi away

2%11

Riverside23.3 mi away

2%11

Goddard9.6 mi away

2%10

Hutchinson24.3 mi away

2%9

Topeka135.3 mi away

2%8

Sherman0.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%89

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

How far

How far Andale commutes

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

24%

62%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Andale are

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

Jobs based in Andale

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Andale residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Andale, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 418. 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.