Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, KS

Most working residents leave Center for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Atchison (31%), Topeka (6%) and Leavenworth (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 312 Center residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

312live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Atchison10.5 mi away

31%97

Topeka37.2 mi away

6%20

Leavenworth22.4 mi away

5%17

St. Joseph, MO32.1 mi away

5%16

Effingham6.3 mi away

5%15

Lecompton30.4 mi away

3%8

Shannon11.4 mi away

3%8

Horton18.2 mi away

2%7

Lawrence35.6 mi away

2%7

Wichita165.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%117

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

How far

How far Center commutes

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

25%

32%

33%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

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

Jobs based in Center

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Center residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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.