Work & commute · Arma

Work & commute in Arma, KS

Most working residents leave Arma for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (30%), Girard (8%) and Frontenac (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 592 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 556 Arma residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arma.

556live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arma goes to work

Pittsburg8.9 mi away

30%177

Girard8.2 mi away

8%50

Frontenac5.8 mi away

6%37

Arma (in town)right here

6%36

Fort Scott19.7 mi away

6%34

Parsons34.1 mi away

3%19

Joplin, MO34.1 mi away

2%14

Wichita145.2 mi away

2%13

Topeka116.3 mi away

2%13

Washington2.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%188

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

How far

How far Arma commutes

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

49%

19%

11%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arma is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arma are

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

Jobs based in Arma

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Arma residents hold

592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+30%

Jobs based in Arma, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 293. 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.