Work & commute · Copeland

Work & commute in Copeland, KS

Most working residents leave Copeland for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Montezuma (13%), Dodge City (10%) and Montezuma (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

17 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 148 Copeland residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copeland.

148live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copeland goes to work

Montezuma8.7 mi away

13%21

Dodge City34.7 mi away

10%16

Copeland (in town)right here

9%15

Montezuma10.7 mi away

9%15

Cimarron21.5 mi away

8%13

Garden City30.6 mi away

5%9

Cimarron22.8 mi away

3%5

Dodge34 mi away

3%5

Meade24.9 mi away

2%4

Wichita178.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%59

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

How far

How far Copeland commutes

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

16%

36%

29%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copeland is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Copeland are

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

Jobs based in Copeland

523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Copeland residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+261%

Jobs based in Copeland, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 523. 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.