Work & commute · Derby

Work & commute in Derby, KS

Most working residents leave Derby for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (49%), Riverside (7%) and Waco (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,606 of 11,071 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 9,465 Derby residents head out of town to work, 1,606 work right here, and 5,640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derby.

9,465live here, work elsewhere

1,606live and work here

5,640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derby goes to work

Wichita10.3 mi away

49%5,424

Derby (in town)right here

15%1,606

Riverside2.6 mi away

7%732

Waco10.2 mi away

4%413

Overland Park166.8 mi away

2%175

Andover11.1 mi away

1%137

Topeka132.4 mi away

1%119

Hutchinson49.9 mi away

1%117

Haysville5.4 mi away

1%115

Mulvane5.8 mi away

1%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%2,140

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

How far

How far Derby commutes

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

46%

38%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derby is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Derby are

7,246 jobs are based in Derby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derby

7,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Derby residents hold

11,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Derby, 2013 → 2023: 5,436 → 7,246. 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.