Work & commute · Assaria

Work & commute in Assaria, KS

Most working residents leave Assaria for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (56%), Liberty (6%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 187 Assaria residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Assaria.

187live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Assaria goes to work

Salina9.2 mi away

56%107

Liberty4 mi away

6%11

Wichita69.9 mi away

5%9

Smolan4.9 mi away

5%9

McPherson19.6 mi away

3%5

Assaria (in town)right here

2%4

Abilene26.3 mi away

2%4

McPherson21.7 mi away

2%4

Lindsborg8.1 mi away

2%3

Beloit60.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%32

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

How far

How far Assaria commutes

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

37%

43%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Assaria is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Assaria are

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

Jobs based in Assaria

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Assaria residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+35%

Jobs based in Assaria, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 157. 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.