Work & commute · Cottage Grove

Work & commute in Cottage Grove, KS

Most working residents leave Cottage Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iola (15%), Chanute (15%) and Humboldt (12%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 136 Cottage Grove residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottage Grove.

136live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottage Grove goes to work

Iola12.3 mi away

15%21

Chanute8.5 mi away

15%21

Humboldt6.1 mi away

12%16

Arkansas City103.8 mi away

4%5

Overland Park86.2 mi away

3%4

Topeka90.4 mi away

3%4

Osage City65.9 mi away

2%3

Fort Scott35.7 mi away

2%3

Wichita109.2 mi away

2%3

Humboldt6.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%53

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

How far

How far Cottage Grove commutes

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

31%

23%

37%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottage Grove is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottage Grove are

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

Jobs based in Cottage Grove

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Cottage Grove residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−57%

Jobs based in Cottage Grove, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 32. 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.