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Work & commute in Cora · A commuter town

100% of Cora’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Cora for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kensington (20%), Garden City (20%) and Center (20%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 5 working residents
Typical commute
48 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than KS (12%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Cora?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

20% of working residents work in Kensington

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Kensington: 1 residents work here (20%)Garden City: 1 residents work here (20%)BlaineCenter: 1 residents work here (20%)CoraLincolnScandia: 1 residents work here (20%)Center-District 1: 1 residents work here (20%)White RockWashingtonPawneeKensingtonGarden CityCenterScandiaCenter-District 1Cora
1
Kensington20.8 mi away
20%1
2
Garden City176.2 mi away
20%1
3
Center8.9 mi away
20%1
4
Scandia48.5 mi away
20%1
5
Center-District 169.2 mi away
20%1
The top trips

Where Cora clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Cora quiets down on a workday

On a workday 5 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

5live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night13
Workday9
13live here− 5head out to work+ 1come in to work= 9on a workday

About 9 people are in Cora on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Cora commutes less than 48 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miKensington: 20% · 20.8 miGarden City: 20% · 176.2 miCenter: 20% · 8.9 miScandia: 20% · 48.5 miCenter-District 1: 20% · 69.2 miKensington 20%Garden City 20%Center 20%Scandia 20%Center-District 1 20%Cora
CoraTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi1 residents
20%10–24 mi1 residents
20%25–50 mi1 residents
40%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 40% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Cora makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in CoraJobs Cora residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%60%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices0%20%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%20%
Over $3,333 a month0%80%

Who does it

29 or younger0%20%
30 to 540%20%
55 and older100%60%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Cora

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Cora workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

Cora and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Cora’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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