Work & commute · Cawker

Work & commute in Cawker, KS

Most working residents leave Cawker for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (23%), Cawker City (10%) and Glen Elder (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

22 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 191 Cawker residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cawker.

191live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cawker goes to work

Beloit17.5 mi away

23%50

Cawker City0.8 mi away

10%22

Glen Elder6.6 mi away

4%9

Downs6.5 mi away

4%9

Osborne15.5 mi away

4%9

Wichita139.3 mi away

4%9

Simpson28 mi away

4%8

Lincoln Center36.3 mi away

3%7

Hesston109.6 mi away

3%6

Manhattan100 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%78

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

How far

How far Cawker commutes

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

21%

36%

14%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cawker is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cawker are

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

Jobs based in Cawker

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Cawker residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+3%

Jobs based in Cawker, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 170. 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.