Work & commute · Creek

Work & commute in Creek, KS

Most working residents leave Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (29%), Wellington (10%) and Waco (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 73 Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creek.

73live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Creek goes to work

Wichita32.4 mi away

29%21

Wellington19.3 mi away

10%7

Waco24.7 mi away

5%4

Anthony20.6 mi away

4%3

Derby30.9 mi away

4%3

Hutchinson50.6 mi away

4%3

Goddard24.5 mi away

3%2

Manhattan141.8 mi away

3%2

Rockford32 mi away

3%2

Norwich9.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%25

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

How far

How far Creek commutes

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

22%

55%

15%

8%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

55%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Creek is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Creek are

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

Jobs based in Creek

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Creek residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−40%

Jobs based in Creek, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 6. 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.