Work & commute · Augusta

Work & commute in Augusta, KS

Most working residents leave Augusta for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (42%), El Dorado (7%) and Andover (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

585 of 3,942 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,357 Augusta residents head out of town to work, 585 work right here, and 1,491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Augusta.

3,357live here, work elsewhere

585live and work here

1,491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Augusta goes to work

Wichita20.5 mi away

42%1,637

Augusta (in town)right here

15%585

El Dorado10.4 mi away

7%261

Andover8.8 mi away

3%123

Riverside18.9 mi away

3%122

Waco26.1 mi away

3%105

Overland Park148.6 mi away

2%63

Hutchinson56.9 mi away

1%58

Spring5.3 mi away

1%55

Derby18.2 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%879

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

How far

How far Augusta commutes

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

25%

54%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Augusta is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Augusta are

2,076 jobs are based in Augusta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Augusta

2,076 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Augusta residents hold

3,942 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 1,991 → 2,076. 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.