Work & commute · Devon

Work & commute in Devon, KS

Most working residents leave Devon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Scott (30%), Mound City (6%) and Iola (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33 Devon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Devon.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Devon goes to work

Fort Scott8.9 mi away

30%10

Mound City15 mi away

6%2

Iola31.9 mi away

6%2

Wichita139.2 mi away

6%2

Uniontown10.2 mi away

3%1

Garnett34.2 mi away

3%1

Osage City73.4 mi away

3%1

Eudora71.5 mi away

3%1

Paola45.4 mi away

3%1

Emporia81.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%11

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

How far

How far Devon commutes

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

30%

18%

21%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Devon is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Devon are

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

Jobs based in Devon

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Devon residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+400%

Jobs based in Devon, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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.