Work & commute · Bushton

Work & commute in Bushton, KS

Most working residents leave Bushton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lyons (15%), Little River (11%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Bushton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bushton.

83live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bushton goes to work

Lyons15.5 mi away

15%13

Little River22.1 mi away

11%9

Hutchinson40.7 mi away

6%5

Pioneer9.1 mi away

6%5

Wichita80.5 mi away

5%4

Great Bend24.3 mi away

4%3

Union24 mi away

4%3

Atlanta18.1 mi away

4%3

Bushton (in town)right here

2%2

Chase11.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%36

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

How far

How far Bushton commutes

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

13%

45%

18%

25%

13%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bushton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bushton are

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

Jobs based in Bushton

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bushton residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−21%

Jobs based in Bushton, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 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.