Work & commute · Dighton

Work & commute in Dighton, KS

About one in 3 of Dighton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wilson (9%), Healy (8%) and Scott City (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

134 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 220 Dighton residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dighton.

220live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dighton goes to work

Dighton (in town)right here

38%134

Wilson10.1 mi away

9%33

Healy11.7 mi away

8%27

Scott City23.6 mi away

6%23

Garden City40.7 mi away

4%13

Wichita178.2 mi away

3%11

Dighton6.3 mi away

2%8

Topeka259.8 mi away

1%5

Overland Park312.7 mi away

1%4

Hays67.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%93

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%

24%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dighton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dighton are

352 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

352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dighton residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−24%

Jobs based in Dighton, 2013 → 2023: 462 → 352. 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.