Work & commute · Bird

Work & commute in Bird, KS

Most working residents leave Bird for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are St. Francis (36%), Wano (9%) and Goodland (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 154 Bird residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bird.

154live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bird goes to work

St. Francis14.4 mi away

36%59

Wano17.5 mi away

9%14

Goodland29.3 mi away

7%11

Bird City (in town)right here

5%8

Wichita266.7 mi away

3%5

Atwood26.4 mi away

2%4

Overland Park370.4 mi away

2%4

Topeka315.5 mi away

2%4

Bird City2.2 mi away

2%4

Colby36.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%46

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

How far

How far Bird commutes

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

49%

12%

30%

8%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bird is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bird are

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

Jobs based in Bird

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Bird residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−15%

Jobs based in Bird, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 84. 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.