Work & commute · Baxter Springs

Work & commute in Baxter Springs, KS

About one in 5 of Baxter Springs’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Joplin (17%), Pittsburg (5%) and Galena (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

355 of 1,605 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,250 Baxter Springs residents head out of town to work, 355 work right here, and 1,190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baxter Springs.

1,250live here, work elsewhere

355live and work here

1,190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baxter Springs goes to work

Baxter Springs (in town)right here

22%355

Joplin, MO13.4 mi away

17%277

Pittsburg27.3 mi away

5%81

Galena6.7 mi away

5%79

Columbus12.1 mi away

4%58

Miami, OK11.8 mi away

3%47

Wichita150.8 mi away

2%31

Webb City, MO17 mi away

2%27

Coffeyville50.6 mi away

1%21

Topeka148.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%609

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

How far

How far Baxter Springs commutes

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

35%

32%

10%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baxter Springs is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baxter Springs are

1,545 jobs are based in Baxter Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baxter Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baxter Springs

1,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Baxter Springs residents hold

1,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+21%

Jobs based in Baxter Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,545. 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.