Work & commute · Buckeye

Work & commute in Buckeye, KS

Most working residents leave Buckeye for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hays (46%), Ellis (10%) and Big Creek (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 522 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 513 Buckeye residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckeye.

513live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckeye goes to work

Hays9.6 mi away

46%242

Ellis11.4 mi away

10%50

Big Creek15 mi away

7%38

Herzog15.5 mi away

2%11

Victoria16.5 mi away

2%10

Great Bend54.9 mi away

2%9

Russell29.3 mi away

2%8

Buckeye (in town)right here

2%8

Garden City107.5 mi away

1%7

Wichita142.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%132

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

How far

How far Buckeye commutes

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

43%

30%

23%

43%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckeye is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckeye are

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

Jobs based in Buckeye

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Buckeye residents hold

522 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−34%

Jobs based in Buckeye, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 187. 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.