Work & commute · Bison

Work & commute in Bison, KS

Most working residents leave Bison for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (18%), Hays (12%) and La Crosse-Brookdale (10%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 67 Bison residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bison.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bison goes to work

La Crosse6.1 mi away

18%12

Hays25.9 mi away

12%8

La Crosse-Brookdale9.5 mi away

10%7

Pawnee20.5 mi away

6%4

Great Bend24.3 mi away

4%3

Wichita115.8 mi away

4%3

Susank24.3 mi away

3%2

St. John43 mi away

3%2

McPherson83.6 mi away

3%2

Hutchinson76.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%22

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

How far

How far Bison commutes

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

34%

15%

22%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bison is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bison are

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

Jobs based in Bison

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bison residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+200%

Jobs based in Bison, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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.