Work & commute · Atchison

Work & commute in Atchison, KS

40% of Atchison’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (6%), Kansas City (5%) and Leavenworth (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

1,713 of 4,266 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,553 Atchison residents head out of town to work, 1,713 work right here, and 2,943 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atchison.

2,553live here, work elsewhere

1,713live and work here

2,943work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atchison goes to work

Atchison (in town)right here

40%1,713

St. Joseph, MO21.6 mi away

6%242

Kansas City, MO43.5 mi away

5%218

Leavenworth20.1 mi away

4%185

Topeka47.2 mi away

4%177

Overland Park52.3 mi away

4%153

Kansas City37 mi away

3%116

Lawrence42.2 mi away

2%99

Wichita176.1 mi away

2%74

Lenexa44.9 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,223

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

How far

How far Atchison commutes

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

44%

15%

26%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atchison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Atchison are

4,656 jobs are based in Atchison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atchison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atchison

4,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Atchison residents hold

4,266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Atchison, 2013 → 2023: 4,733 → 4,656. 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.