Work & commute · Clear Creek

Work & commute in Clear Creek, KS

Most working residents leave Clear Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (40%), Holyrood (7%) and Salina (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 42 Clear Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Creek.

42live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clear Creek goes to work

Ellsworth6.3 mi away

40%17

Holyrood19.5 mi away

7%3

Salina27.2 mi away

5%2

Manhattan86.5 mi away

5%2

Wichita84 mi away

5%2

Overland Park184.4 mi away

5%2

Lorraine16.5 mi away

2%1

Sylvan Grove23.8 mi away

2%1

Canton44.5 mi away

2%1

Sterling37.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%11

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

How far

How far Clear Creek commutes

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

44%

12%

21%

23%

44%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Creek are

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

Jobs based in Clear Creek

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Clear Creek residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+7%

Jobs based in Clear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 47. 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.