Work & commute · Appleton

Work & commute in Appleton, KS

Most working residents leave Appleton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (19%), Minneola (14%) and Dodge City (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

52 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 270 Appleton residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Appleton.

270live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Appleton goes to work

Ashland16.2 mi away

19%62

Minneola6.5 mi away

14%45

Dodge City26.1 mi away

11%37

Dodge28.6 mi away

4%12

Garden City65.2 mi away

3%10

Englewood17.6 mi away

3%9

Appleton (in town)right here

2%7

Lexington16.2 mi away

2%7

Bucklin18.8 mi away

2%6

Wichita142 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%121

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

How far

How far Appleton commutes

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

17%

46%

13%

25%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Appleton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Appleton are

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

Jobs based in Appleton

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Appleton residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+36%

Jobs based in Appleton, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 296. 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.