Work & commute · Baker

Work & commute in Baker, KS

Most working residents leave Baker for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (48%), Frontenac (5%) and Girard (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,450 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,406 Baker residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baker.

1,406live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baker goes to work

Pittsburg4.1 mi away

48%699

Frontenac6.9 mi away

5%73

Girard11.7 mi away

4%51

Joplin, MO23.8 mi away

3%43

Baker (in town)right here

3%40

Wichita144.8 mi away

2%35

Parsons29.1 mi away

2%29

Columbus14.5 mi away

2%27

Fort Scott32.2 mi away

2%24

Baxter Springs23.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%412

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

How far

How far Baker commutes

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

60%

10%

22%

60%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baker is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baker are

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

Jobs based in Baker

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Baker residents hold

1,450 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−49%

Jobs based in Baker, 2013 → 2023: 828 → 426. 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.