Work & commute · Chikaskia

Work & commute in Chikaskia, KS

Most working residents leave Chikaskia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (18%), Pratt (10%) and Cunningham (8%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 40 Chikaskia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chikaskia.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chikaskia goes to work

Wichita49.6 mi away

18%7

Pratt37.3 mi away

10%4

Cunningham20.8 mi away

8%3

Kingman16.5 mi away

8%3

Hays118.6 mi away

5%2

Kingman13.9 mi away

5%2

Peters8.6 mi away

5%2

Medicine Lodge23.5 mi away

3%1

Moundridge65.5 mi away

3%1

Lindsborg84.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%14

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

How far

How far Chikaskia commutes

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

23%

31%

38%

8%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chikaskia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chikaskia are

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

Jobs based in Chikaskia

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Chikaskia residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−52%

Jobs based in Chikaskia, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 56. 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.