Work & commute · Colony

Work & commute in Colony, KS

Most working residents leave Colony for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Garnett (16%), Arkansas City (5%) and Iola (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

39 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 149 Colony residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colony.

149live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colony goes to work

Garnett16.1 mi away

16%24

Arkansas City114.8 mi away

5%7

Iola10.2 mi away

4%6

Paola44.3 mi away

4%6

Wichita111.5 mi away

4%6

Fort Scott39.6 mi away

3%5

Chanute28.4 mi away

3%5

Ottawa36.7 mi away

3%5

Overland Park67.1 mi away

3%5

Topeka68.9 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%78

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

How far

How far Colony commutes

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

30%

27%

35%

9%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colony 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 Colony are

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

Jobs based in Colony

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Colony residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−39%

Jobs based in Colony, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 45. 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.