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Work & commute · Cherokee

Work & commute in Cherokee, KS

Most working residents leave Cherokee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (22%), Girard (11%) and Parsons (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 224 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 222 Cherokee residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherokee.

222live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cherokee goes to work

Mound ValleyRoselandCherokeeHeplerSt. PaulErieGirardFrontenacFort ScottParsonsPittsburgWichitaJoplinPleasant ViewWalnutShermanGrantWashingtonPittsburgGirardParsonsFort ScottJoplinGrantFrontenacWichitaSt. PaulErieCherokee
1
Pittsburg8.4 mi away
22%50
2
Girard11.4 mi away
11%25
3
Parsons24.3 mi away
11%25
4
Fort Scott34 mi away
4%9
5
Joplin, MO25.7 mi away
4%8
6
Grant15 mi away
3%7
7
Frontenac10.4 mi away
3%6
8
Wichita140.4 mi away
2%5
9
St. Paul22.7 mi away
2%4
10
Erie27.8 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%81

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.

28%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cherokee 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 Cherokee are

35 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

35 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Cherokee residents hold

224 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−67%

Jobs based in Cherokee, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 35. 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.

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