Work & commute · Andover

Work & commute in Andover, KS

Most working residents leave Andover for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (56%), Riverside (3%) and Waco (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

617 of 6,666 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,049 Andover residents head out of town to work, 617 work right here, and 3,645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andover.

6,049live here, work elsewhere

617live and work here

3,645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andover goes to work

Wichita11.7 mi away

56%3,748

Andover (in town)right here

9%617

Riverside11 mi away

3%223

Waco17.5 mi away

3%197

El Dorado17.4 mi away

3%177

Overland Park156.3 mi away

2%120

Derby11.1 mi away

2%102

Spring14.1 mi away

1%77

Topeka121.3 mi away

1%74

Hutchinson49.6 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,259

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

How far

How far Andover commutes

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

46%

39%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andover 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 Andover are

4,262 jobs are based in Andover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Andover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Andover

4,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Andover residents hold

6,666 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 3,723 → 4,262. 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.