Work & commute · Blue Valley

Work & commute in Blue Valley, KS

Most working residents leave Blue Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (22%), Westmoreland (13%) and Onaga (11%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Blue Valley residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Valley.

164live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Valley goes to work

Manhattan18.6 mi away

22%37

Westmoreland13 mi away

13%22

Onaga25.3 mi away

11%19

Topeka58.4 mi away

8%13

Wamego24.8 mi away

7%12

Wichita127.9 mi away

4%6

Olsburg2.2 mi away

3%5

Junction City31.7 mi away

3%5

Pottawatomie13.1 mi away

2%4

Louisville21.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%43

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

How far

How far Blue Valley commutes

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

57%

14%

23%

5%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Valley is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Valley are

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

Jobs based in Blue Valley

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Blue Valley residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+395%

Jobs based in Blue Valley, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 99. 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.