Work & commute · Clearwater

Work & commute in Clearwater, KS

Most working residents leave Clearwater for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (49%), Waco (6%) and Ninnescah (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

123 of 1,258 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,135 Clearwater residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearwater.

1,135live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearwater goes to work

Wichita14.8 mi away

49%611

Clearwater (in town)right here

10%123

Waco7.1 mi away

6%80

Ninnescah2.5 mi away

3%38

Riverside12.6 mi away

3%37

Goddard11.1 mi away

2%24

Haysville8.8 mi away

2%20

Topeka143.6 mi away

2%20

Hutchinson44.3 mi away

2%19

Derby13.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%268

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

How far

How far Clearwater commutes

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

19%

66%

10%

19%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearwater is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearwater are

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

Jobs based in Clearwater

676 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clearwater residents hold

1,258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Clearwater, 2013 → 2023: 621 → 676. 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.