Work & commute · Coldwater

Work & commute in Coldwater, KS

About one in 3 of Coldwater’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Protection (15%), Dodge City (4%) and Topeka (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

113 of 297 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 184 Coldwater residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldwater.

184live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldwater goes to work

Coldwater (in town)right here

38%113

Protection9.8 mi away

15%44

Dodge City51.1 mi away

4%11

Topeka231.8 mi away

3%9

Greensburg23.4 mi away

2%7

Wichita112.1 mi away

2%7

Minneola39.8 mi away

2%6

Ashland25.2 mi away

2%6

Protection11.5 mi away

2%6

Coldwater9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%83

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

How far

How far Coldwater commutes

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

48%

13%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldwater is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coldwater are

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

Jobs based in Coldwater

367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Coldwater residents hold

297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−6%

Jobs based in Coldwater, 2013 → 2023: 390 → 367. 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.