Work & commute · Dodge

Work & commute in Dodge, KS

Most working residents leave Dodge for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (52%), Garden City (5%) and Copeland (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

40 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 256 Dodge residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 3,359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodge.

256live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

3,359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodge goes to work

Dodge City2.6 mi away

52%153

Dodge (in town)right here

14%40

Garden City45.7 mi away

5%14

Copeland34 mi away

3%10

Wichita147.6 mi away

2%6

Liberal70.6 mi away

1%4

Topeka250.7 mi away

1%4

Great Bend78.4 mi away

1%3

Overland Park300 mi away

1%3

Garden City49.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%56

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.

68%

11%

19%

68%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodge is a job hub

11.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

11.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodge are

3,399 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

3,399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Dodge residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+877%

Jobs based in Dodge, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 3,399. 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.