Work & commute · Blue Rapids

Work & commute in Blue Rapids, KS

Most working residents leave Blue Rapids for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Marysville (24%), Waterville (14%) and Blue Rapids City (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 386 Blue Rapids residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Rapids.

386live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Rapids goes to work

Marysville11.5 mi away

24%96

Waterville4.8 mi away

14%55

Blue Rapids City1.9 mi away

8%33

Waterville4.9 mi away

6%26

Manhattan34 mi away

6%24

Blue Rapids (in town)right here

5%21

Topeka68 mi away

4%17

Wichita142.4 mi away

3%12

Frankfort12.9 mi away

2%7

Overland Park118.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%109

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

How far

How far Blue Rapids commutes

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

34%

12%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Rapids is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Blue Rapids

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Blue Rapids residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−35%

Jobs based in Blue Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 93. 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.