Work & commute · Big Bow

Work & commute in Big Bow, KS

Most working residents leave Big Bow for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (27%), Manter (7%) and Ness City (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 13 Big Bow residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Bow.

13live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Bow goes to work

Johnson City10.3 mi away

27%4

Big Bow (in town)right here

13%2

Manter18 mi away

7%1

Ness City109.1 mi away

7%1

Manhattan290.8 mi away

7%1

Wichita230.5 mi away

7%1

Dallas, TX426.1 mi away

7%1

Dudley30.1 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%3

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

How far

How far Big Bow commutes

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

27%

40%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Bow is a job hub

19.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Bow are

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

Jobs based in Big Bow

293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities92%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Big Bow residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+301%

Jobs based in Big Bow, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 293. 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.