Work & commute · Cherokee

Work & commute in Cherokee, KS

Most working residents leave Cherokee for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (31%), Columbus (9%) and Fort Scott (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 137 Cherokee residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherokee.

137live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherokee goes to work

Pittsburg8.8 mi away

31%42

Columbus9.7 mi away

9%12

Fort Scott36.7 mi away

5%7

Girard15.1 mi away

4%5

Wichita144 mi away

4%5

Joplin, MO21.3 mi away

4%5

Weir0.8 mi away

2%3

Independence52.3 mi away

2%3

Coffeyville52 mi away

2%3

Pleasant View5.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%49

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

How far

How far Cherokee commutes

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

38%

25%

10%

28%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherokee is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherokee are

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

Jobs based in Cherokee

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Cherokee residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−91%

Jobs based in Cherokee, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 2. 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.