Work & commute · Bazine

Work & commute in Bazine, KS

Most working residents leave Bazine for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ness City (39%), Ransom (8%) and Wichita (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 84 Bazine residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bazine.

84live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bazine goes to work

Ness City11.5 mi away

39%35

Ransom18.5 mi away

8%7

Bazine (in town)right here

7%6

Wichita137.8 mi away

4%4

Utica29.1 mi away

3%3

Bazine2.3 mi away

3%3

Dighton41.9 mi away

2%2

La Crosse21.6 mi away

2%2

Coffeyville241.4 mi away

2%2

Liberal117.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%24

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

How far

How far Bazine commutes

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

10%

53%

10%

27%

10%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bazine is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bazine are

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

Jobs based in Bazine

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Bazine residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−6%

Jobs based in Bazine, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 78. 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.