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Work & commute in Bucyrus · A commuter town

100% of Bucyrus’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Bucyrus for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (22%), Olathe (16%) and Spring Hill (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 87 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
46%
More than KS (12%)
Jobs based here
18
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Bucyrus?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Bucyrus

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
46%

of Bucyrus workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
The commute map

22% of working residents work in Overland Park

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

FontanaMission: 1 residents work here (1%)Baldwin City: 1 residents work here (1%)LouisburgPaolaOsawatomieSpring Hill: 9 residents work here (10%)Lenexa: 4 residents work here (5%)Overland Park: 19 residents work here (22%)Topeka: 5 residents work here (6%)Kansas City: 7 residents work here (8%)Olathe: 14 residents work here (16%)Kansas City: 8 residents work here (9%)Ten MileGardner: 2 residents work here (2%)WeaBucyrusOverland ParkOlatheSpring HillKansas CityKansas CityTopekaBucyrus
1
Overland Park11.7 mi away
22%19
2
Olathe12.7 mi away
16%14
3
Spring Hill6.6 mi away
10%9
4
Kansas City, MO29.2 mi away
9%8
5
Kansas City27.8 mi away
8%7
6
Topeka57.4 mi away
6%5
7
Lenexa17.6 mi away
5%4
8
Gardner11 mi away
2%2
9
Mission21.3 mi away
1%1
10
Baldwin City26.1 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%17
The top trips

Where Bucyrus clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Bucyrus quiets down on a workday

On a workday 87 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.

87live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday99
170live here− 87head out to work+ 18come in to work= 99on a workday

About 99 people are in Bucyrus on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Bucyrus commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miOverland Park: 22% · 11.7 miOlathe: 16% · 12.7 miSpring Hill: 10% · 6.6 miKansas City: 9% · 29.2 miKansas City: 8% · 27.8 miTopeka: 6% · 57.4 miLenexa: 5% · 17.6 miGardner: 2% · 11 miMission: 1% · 21.3 miBaldwin City: 1% · 26.1 miOverland Park 22%Olathe 16%Spring Hill 10%Kansas City 9%Kansas City 8%Bucyrus
BucyrusTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi21 residents
51%10–24 mi44 residents
18%25–50 mi16 residents
7%Over 50 mi6 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Bucyrus makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in BucyrusJobs Bucyrus residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms28%17%
Trade, transport & utilities11%23%
Services: health, schools, offices61%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%7%
Over $3,333 a month50%75%

Who does it

29 or younger33%25%
30 to 5450%55%
55 and older17%20%
+64%

Jobs based in Bucyrus, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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