Work & commute · Black Wolf

Work & commute in Black Wolf, KS

Most working residents leave Black Wolf for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (48%), Salina (10%) and Assaria (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 29 Black Wolf residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Wolf.

29live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Wolf goes to work

Ellsworth5.1 mi away

48%14

Salina38.5 mi away

10%3

Assaria38.9 mi away

3%1

Lorraine11.6 mi away

3%1

Little River28.7 mi away

3%1

Wilson10.2 mi away

3%1

Beloit51.6 mi away

3%1

Manhattan97.3 mi away

3%1

Lenexa189.9 mi away

3%1

Wichita89.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%4

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

How far

How far Black Wolf commutes

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

52%

14%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Wolf is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Wolf are

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

Jobs based in Black Wolf

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Black Wolf residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−84%

Jobs based in Black Wolf, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 5. 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.