Work & commute · Chase

Work & commute in Chase, KS

Most working residents leave Chase for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lyons (14%), McPherson (9%) and Little River (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 195 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 188 Chase residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chase.

188live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chase goes to work

Lyons7.8 mi away

14%28

McPherson37.1 mi away

9%17

Little River18.3 mi away

7%14

Wichita71.3 mi away

7%14

Sterling12.7 mi away

6%11

Hutchinson31.2 mi away

5%9

Pioneer5.1 mi away

4%8

Chase (in town)right here

4%7

Atlanta9 mi away

4%7

Ellsworth27 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%75

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

How far

How far Chase commutes

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

29%

23%

26%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chase is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chase are

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

Jobs based in Chase

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Chase residents hold

195 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−43%

Jobs based in Chase, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 63. 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.