Work & commute · Clarence

Work & commute in Clarence, KS

Most working residents leave Clarence for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Great Bend (25%), Hoisington (10%) and Hays (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

40%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Clarence residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarence.

56live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarence goes to work

Great Bend9.9 mi away

25%15

Hoisington13.9 mi away

10%6

Hays38.7 mi away

5%3

Pawnee15.8 mi away

5%3

Great Bend13.4 mi away

5%3

South Bend14.1 mi away

5%3

Clarence (in town)right here

5%3

Susank20.4 mi away

3%2

Boulder, CO354.2 mi away

2%1

Woodbine112.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%19

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

How far

How far Clarence commutes

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

60%

10%

21%

9%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarence is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarence are

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

Jobs based in Clarence

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Clarence residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−66%

Jobs based in Clarence, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 12. 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.