Work & commute · Denison

Work & commute in Denison, KS

Most working residents leave Denison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (26%), Holton (17%) and Kansas City (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 65 Denison residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denison.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denison goes to work

Topeka25.1 mi away

26%17

Holton7.6 mi away

17%11

Kansas City51 mi away

3%2

Mission28.5 mi away

3%2

Soldier16.6 mi away

3%2

Johnston, IA187.6 mi away

2%1

Denison (in town)right here

2%1

Hoyt10.8 mi away

2%1

Lecompton27.5 mi away

2%1

Stockton194.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%27

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

How far

How far Denison commutes

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

30%

23%

26%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denison is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denison are

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

Jobs based in Denison

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Denison residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+133%

Jobs based in Denison, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 14. 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.