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Work & commute in Big Timber, KS

Most working residents leave Big Timber for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (30%), Hays (16%) and La Crosse-Brookdale (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 50 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50 Big Timber residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Timber.

50live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Big Timber goes to work

SusankOtisBazineMcCrackenLa CrosseHoisingtonLarnedHaysGreat BendWichitaForganTulsaLone StarLa Crosse-BrookdaleHampton-FairviewBig TimberIllinoisGreat BendLa CrosseHaysLa Crosse-BrookdaleGreat BendSusankGreat BendOtisBazineMcCrackenHoisingtonBig Timber
1
La Crosse7.5 mi away
30%15
2
Hays16.8 mi away
16%8
3
La Crosse-Brookdale8.2 mi away
8%4
4
Great Bend33.8 mi away
6%3
5
Susank28.9 mi away
4%2
6
Great Bend35.6 mi away
4%2
7
Otis15.7 mi away
2%1
8
Bazine24.6 mi away
2%1
9
McCracken14.5 mi away
2%1
10
Hoisington30 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%12

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

How far

How far Big Timber commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Big Timber is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Timber are

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

Jobs based in Big Timber

9 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)78%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less56%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Big Timber residents hold

50 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+125%

Jobs based in Big Timber, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 9. 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.

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