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Work & commute · Copeland

Work & commute in Copeland, KS

Most working residents leave Copeland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Montezuma (14%), Cimarron (10%) and Copeland (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
2 of 81 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Copeland residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copeland.

79live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
104work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Copeland goes to work

EnsignCopelandSpearvilleSatantaProtectionPlainsMontezumaCimarronMeadeJetmoreDodge CityWichitaSherlockCopelandMontezumaDodgeMontezumaCimarronCopelandMontezumaDodge CityWichitaSherlockDodgeMeadeCopeland
1
Montezuma10.4 mi away
14%11
2
Cimarron24.2 mi away
10%8
3
Copeland2.8 mi away
10%8
4
Montezuma12.4 mi away
10%8
5
Dodge City36.7 mi away
7%6
6
Wichita179.8 mi away
4%3
7
Sherlock36.2 mi away
4%3
8
Dodge36.2 mi away
4%3
9
Copeland (in town)right here
2%2
10
Meade23.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%27

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.

12%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Copeland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Copeland are

106 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

106 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)51%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)35%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Copeland residents hold

81 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month65%
−19%

Jobs based in Copeland, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 106. 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.

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