Work & commute · Dodge

Work & commute in Dodge, KS

51% of Dodge’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dodge (20%), Garden City (4%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

6,062 of 11,877 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 5,815 Dodge residents head out of town to work, 6,062 work right here, and 4,651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodge.

5,815live here, work elsewhere

6,062live and work here

4,651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodge goes to work

Dodge City (in town)right here

51%6,062

Dodge2.6 mi away

20%2,383

Garden City47.8 mi away

4%441

Wichita146 mi away

2%224

Liberal70.2 mi away

1%133

Topeka250 mi away

1%107

Copeland34.7 mi away

1%103

Grandview6 mi away

1%82

Richland4.7 mi away

1%77

Sherlock57.6 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%2,189

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

How far

How far Dodge commutes

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

74%

16%

74%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodge are

10,713 jobs are based in Dodge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dodge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dodge

10,713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Dodge residents hold

11,877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−29%

Jobs based in Dodge, 2013 → 2023: 15,108 → 10,713. 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.