Work & commute · Beaver

Work & commute in Beaver, KS

Most working residents leave Beaver for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Scott City (50%), Garden City (5%) and Wichita (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 105 Beaver residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaver.

105live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaver goes to work

Scott City13 mi away

50%53

Garden City46.9 mi away

5%5

Wichita210.4 mi away

4%4

Leoti20.9 mi away

3%3

Sherlock48 mi away

3%3

Garden City42.3 mi away

3%3

Isbel11.2 mi away

3%3

Topeka288.2 mi away

2%2

Holly, CO71.9 mi away

1%1

Spivey176.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%27

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.

60%

13%

19%

8%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaver is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaver are

58 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

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Beaver residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+35%

Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 58. 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.