Work & commute · Chetopa

Work & commute in Chetopa, KS

Most working residents leave Chetopa for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (11%), Oswego (7%) and Coffeyville (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

41 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 268 Chetopa residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chetopa.

268live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chetopa goes to work

Chetopa (in town)right here

13%41

Parsons22.6 mi away

11%33

Oswego9.1 mi away

7%21

Coffeyville30.9 mi away

5%14

Miami, OK16 mi away

4%13

Joplin, MO32.7 mi away

4%12

Wichita131.8 mi away

3%9

North21.6 mi away

3%8

Pittsburg33.9 mi away

2%7

Columbus16.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%145

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

How far

How far Chetopa commutes

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

22%

29%

21%

28%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chetopa is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chetopa are

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

Jobs based in Chetopa

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Chetopa residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−39%

Jobs based in Chetopa, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 193. 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.