Work & commute · Caldwell

Work & commute in Caldwell, KS

Most working residents leave Caldwell for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (19%), Wellington (16%) and South Haven (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

60 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 328 Caldwell residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caldwell.

328live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caldwell goes to work

Wichita47.4 mi away

19%75

Wellington20.2 mi away

16%64

Caldwell (in town)right here

15%60

South Haven11.5 mi away

5%20

Hutchinson73 mi away

3%10

Riverside42 mi away

2%7

Anthony25.4 mi away

2%6

Topeka173 mi away

2%6

Waco40.2 mi away

2%6

Winfield37.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%130

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

How far

How far Caldwell commutes

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

18%

28%

26%

29%

18%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caldwell is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caldwell are

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

Jobs based in Caldwell

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Caldwell residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−2%

Jobs based in Caldwell, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 286. 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.