Work & commute · Creswell

Work & commute in Creswell, KS

Most working residents leave Creswell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Arkansas City (23%), Winfield (21%) and Wichita (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 678 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 640 Creswell residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 325 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creswell.

640live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

325work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Creswell goes to work

Arkansas City1.6 mi away

23%158

Winfield10.8 mi away

21%143

Wichita45.3 mi away

8%51

Pleasant Valley5.6 mi away

5%37

Creswell (in town)right here

5%36

Topeka152.4 mi away

3%17

Overland Park177.5 mi away

1%10

Coffeyville75.4 mi away

1%6

Derby35 mi away

1%6

Emporia101.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%208

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

How far

How far Creswell commutes

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

41%

21%

11%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Creswell is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Creswell are

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

Jobs based in Creswell

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Creswell residents hold

678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−67%

Jobs based in Creswell, 2013 → 2023: 1,086 → 363. 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.