Work & commute · Collyer

Work & commute in Collyer, KS

Most working residents leave Collyer for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are WaKeeney (33%), Hays (17%) and Ellis (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 52 Collyer residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collyer.

52live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collyer goes to work

WaKeeney12.7 mi away

33%18

Hays44.1 mi away

17%9

Collyer (in town)right here

4%2

Ellis31 mi away

4%2

Quinter6.6 mi away

2%1

Leoti77 mi away

2%1

Stockton52.4 mi away

2%1

Hill City27.3 mi away

2%1

Oakley39.4 mi away

2%1

Scott City57.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%17

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

How far

How far Collyer commutes

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

37%

28%

26%

9%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collyer is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Collyer are

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

Jobs based in Collyer

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Collyer residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+60%

Jobs based in Collyer, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 16. 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.