Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, KS

Most working residents leave Beaver for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (14%), Norton (14%) and Long Island (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 21 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

21live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Logan8.5 mi away

14%3

Norton16.9 mi away

14%3

Long Island11.4 mi away

10%2

Manhattan163.9 mi away

10%2

Almena10 mi away

5%1

Plainville40.9 mi away

5%1

Phillipsburg14 mi away

5%1

WaKeeney55 mi away

5%1

Hays63.9 mi away

5%1

Great Bend107.1 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%5

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

How far

How far Beaver commutes

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

19%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

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

Jobs based in Beaver

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

21 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+600%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 14. 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.