Work & commute · Bolton

Work & commute in Bolton, KS

Most working residents leave Bolton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Arkansas City (31%), Winfield (15%) and Wichita (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 544 Bolton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolton.

544live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolton goes to work

Arkansas City3.1 mi away

31%170

Winfield15.1 mi away

15%80

Wichita47.8 mi away

9%49

Creswell4.6 mi away

4%22

Pleasant Valley10.1 mi away

3%15

Overland Park182.1 mi away

2%12

Topeka157 mi away

2%9

Derby37.8 mi away

1%7

Independence75.6 mi away

1%6

El Dorado55.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%173

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

How far

How far Bolton commutes

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

39%

19%

10%

32%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolton is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolton are

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

Jobs based in Bolton

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bolton residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−60%

Jobs based in Bolton, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 34. 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.