Work & commute · Council Grove

Work & commute in Council Grove, KS

51% of Council Grove’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (8%), Emporia (7%) and Topeka (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

500 of 985 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 485 Council Grove residents head out of town to work, 500 work right here, and 582 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Council Grove.

485live here, work elsewhere

500live and work here

582work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Council Grove goes to work

Council Grove (in town)right here

51%500

Manhattan36.8 mi away

8%74

Emporia24.1 mi away

7%66

Topeka49.9 mi away

4%39

Wichita81.8 mi away

2%19

Junction City31.8 mi away

1%13

Salina61.4 mi away

1%13

Alma26.7 mi away

1%12

Overland Park98.3 mi away

1%11

Township 23.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%228

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

How far

How far Council Grove commutes

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

52%

10%

17%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Council Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Council Grove are

1,082 jobs are based in Council Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Council Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Council Grove

1,082 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Council Grove residents hold

985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+10%

Jobs based in Council Grove, 2013 → 2023: 982 → 1,082. 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.