Work & commute · Castleton

Work & commute in Castleton, KS

Most working residents leave Castleton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (20%), Wichita (11%) and Pretty Prairie (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 121 Castleton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castleton.

121live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castleton goes to work

Hutchinson14.1 mi away

20%25

Wichita35 mi away

11%14

Pretty Prairie7 mi away

9%11

Haven9.5 mi away

6%7

South Hutchinson11.1 mi away

6%7

Kingman17.4 mi away

3%4

Hesston34.3 mi away

2%3

Maize27.5 mi away

2%3

Newton35.1 mi away

2%3

Yoder8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%42

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

How far

How far Castleton commutes

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

25%

34%

29%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castleton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castleton are

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

Jobs based in Castleton

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Castleton residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−27%

Jobs based in Castleton, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 22. 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.