Work & commute · Chapman

Work & commute in Chapman, KS

Most working residents leave Chapman for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (18%), Salina (11%) and Junction City (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 457 Chapman residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chapman.

457live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chapman goes to work

Abilene11.6 mi away

18%87

Salina33.7 mi away

11%56

Junction City9.9 mi away

9%45

Chapman (in town)right here

7%37

Manhattan26.8 mi away

7%37

Topeka71.4 mi away

5%25

Wichita90.5 mi away

3%17

Lincoln16.8 mi away

3%13

Solomon18.9 mi away

2%10

Smoky Hill8.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%158

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

How far

How far Chapman commutes

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

14%

35%

25%

26%

14%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chapman is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chapman are

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

Jobs based in Chapman

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Chapman residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−24%

Jobs based in Chapman, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 329. 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.