Work & commute · Bucklin

Work & commute in Bucklin, KS

Most working residents leave Bucklin for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (18%), Richland (4%) and Garden City (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

34 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 222 Bucklin residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bucklin.

222live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bucklin goes to work

Dodge City25.6 mi away

18%47

Bucklin (in town)right here

13%34

Richland25.4 mi away

4%11

Garden City72.7 mi away

4%10

Dodge28.1 mi away

4%9

Ashland26.1 mi away

3%7

Wichita125.5 mi away

3%7

Minneola22 mi away

2%5

Greensburg19.3 mi away

2%5

Copeland53.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%116

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

How far

How far Bucklin commutes

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

17%

25%

22%

35%

17%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bucklin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bucklin are

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

Jobs based in Bucklin

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bucklin residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Bucklin, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 224. 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.