Work & commute · Beloit

Work & commute in Beloit, KS

Most working residents leave Beloit for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (44%), Salina (5%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 76 Beloit residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beloit.

76live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beloit goes to work

Beloit2.4 mi away

44%35

Salina50.1 mi away

5%4

Wichita127 mi away

5%4

Beloit (in town)right here

5%4

Simpson9.6 mi away

4%3

Glen Elder11.8 mi away

3%2

Cawker City18.4 mi away

3%2

Garden City178.9 mi away

3%2

Asherville6.6 mi away

3%2

Plum Creek6.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%20

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

How far

How far Beloit commutes

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

56%

11%

29%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beloit is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beloit are

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

Jobs based in Beloit

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Beloit residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−61%

Jobs based in Beloit, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 166. 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.