Work & commute · Claflin

Work & commute in Claflin, KS

Most working residents leave Claflin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Great Bend (19%), Ellinwood (17%) and Great Bend (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 248 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Claflin residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claflin.

239live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claflin goes to work

Great Bend18.2 mi away

19%47

Ellinwood11.8 mi away

17%42

Great Bend13.8 mi away

7%18

Wichita86.6 mi away

6%14

Claflin (in town)right here

4%9

South Bend19.4 mi away

4%9

Hoisington13 mi away

3%8

Hays49 mi away

3%7

Lorraine12.3 mi away

2%6

Ellsworth22.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%83

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

How far

How far Claflin commutes

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

63%

11%

19%

7%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claflin is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Claflin are

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

Jobs based in Claflin

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Claflin residents hold

248 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 month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+11%

Jobs based in Claflin, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 138. 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.