Work & commute · Cedar

Work & commute in Cedar, KS

Most working residents leave Cedar for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Smith Center (26%), Phillipsburg (10%) and Kensington (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 176 Cedar residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar.

176live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar goes to work

Smith Center12.1 mi away

26%49

Phillipsburg16.7 mi away

10%19

Kensington2.1 mi away

6%11

Hays65.1 mi away

3%6

Swan5.5 mi away

3%6

Big Creek71.9 mi away

3%5

Beloit53.1 mi away

2%4

Wichita170.7 mi away

2%4

Osborne29.4 mi away

2%3

Lenexa231.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%77

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

How far

How far Cedar commutes

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

12%

44%

10%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar are

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

Jobs based in Cedar

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cedar residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−3%

Jobs based in Cedar, 2013 → 2023: 177 → 172. 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.