Work & commute · Buhler

Work & commute in Buhler, KS

Most working residents leave Buhler for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (34%), Wichita (11%) and McPherson (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

64 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 497 Buhler residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 573 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buhler.

497live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

573work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buhler goes to work

Hutchinson9.1 mi away

34%193

Buhler (in town)right here

11%64

Wichita38.6 mi away

11%59

McPherson17 mi away

3%19

McPherson19.4 mi away

3%16

Little River1.7 mi away

3%15

South Hutchinson12.4 mi away

2%12

Salina47.4 mi away

2%11

Medora4.6 mi away

2%11

Inman6.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%153

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

How far

How far Buhler commutes

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

43%

28%

17%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buhler is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buhler are

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

Jobs based in Buhler

637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Buhler residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Buhler, 2013 → 2023: 678 → 637. 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.