Work & commute · Cedar

Work & commute in Cedar, KS

Most working residents leave Cedar for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chanute (15%), Fredonia (14%) and Neodesha (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 252 Cedar residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar.

252live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar goes to work

Chanute16 mi away

15%39

Fredonia7.7 mi away

14%36

Neodesha6.3 mi away

9%24

Wichita91.9 mi away

6%14

Coffeyville33.4 mi away

3%8

Arkansas City80.5 mi away

3%7

Parsons26.2 mi away

3%7

Independence19.6 mi away

2%6

Topeka104.9 mi away

2%6

Iola32.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%101

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.

26%

24%

10%

39%

26%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar are

21 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

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Cedar residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−64%

Jobs based in Cedar, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 21. 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.