Work & commute · Denton

Work & commute in Denton, KS

Most working residents leave Denton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (16%), St. Joseph (14%) and Atchison (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43 Denton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denton.

43live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denton goes to work

Highland8.9 mi away

16%7

St. Joseph, MO23.9 mi away

14%6

Atchison13.7 mi away

9%4

Hiawatha16.5 mi away

7%3

Lawrence53.4 mi away

5%2

Overland Park66 mi away

5%2

Topeka53.3 mi away

5%2

Center10.6 mi away

5%2

Bendena4.8 mi away

5%2

Denton (in town)right here

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%13

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

How far

How far Denton commutes

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

23%

39%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denton is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Denton are

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

Jobs based in Denton

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Denton residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+421%

Jobs based in Denton, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 73. 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.