Work & commute · Cherryvale

Work & commute in Cherryvale, KS

Most working residents leave Cherryvale for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (13%), Independence (12%) and Coffeyville (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

168 of 864 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 696 Cherryvale residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherryvale.

696live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherryvale goes to work

Cherryvale (in town)right here

19%168

Parsons16.5 mi away

13%109

Independence9.3 mi away

12%104

Coffeyville17.2 mi away

7%58

Neodesha12.9 mi away

5%41

Independence12.6 mi away

3%27

Wichita102.6 mi away

3%25

Chanute28.1 mi away

3%23

Pittsburg48 mi away

2%20

Topeka122.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%269

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

How far

How far Cherryvale commutes

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

31%

36%

10%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherryvale is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherryvale are

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

Jobs based in Cherryvale

625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Cherryvale residents hold

864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+9%

Jobs based in Cherryvale, 2013 → 2023: 571 → 625. 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.