Work & commute · Dighton

Work & commute in Dighton, KS

42% of Dighton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dighton (39%), Wilson (8%) and Healy (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

171 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 241 Dighton residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dighton.

241live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dighton goes to work

Dighton6.3 mi away

39%162

Wilson15.5 mi away

8%34

Healy14 mi away

7%30

Scott City20.3 mi away

6%25

Garden City34.4 mi away

4%15

Wichita180.6 mi away

3%12

Dighton (in town)right here

2%9

Dodge City53 mi away

1%6

Topeka264.6 mi away

1%5

Kansas City316.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%109

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

How far

How far Dighton commutes

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

50%

16%

25%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dighton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dighton are

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

Jobs based in Dighton

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dighton residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−27%

Jobs based in Dighton, 2013 → 2023: 515 → 378. 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.