Work & commute · Douglass

Work & commute in Douglass, KS

Most working residents leave Douglass for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (34%), Riverside (8%) and Derby (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 620 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 585 Douglass residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Douglass.

585live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Douglass goes to work

Wichita22 mi away

34%213

Riverside16 mi away

8%49

Douglass (in town)right here

6%35

Derby13.8 mi away

5%33

Augusta12.7 mi away

4%23

El Dorado22.5 mi away

4%22

Rose Hill7.8 mi away

3%21

Waco24 mi away

3%20

Winfield19 mi away

3%19

Andover13.7 mi away

3%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%169

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

How far

How far Douglass commutes

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

10%

70%

14%

10%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Douglass is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Douglass are

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

Jobs based in Douglass

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Douglass residents hold

620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−28%

Jobs based in Douglass, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 187. 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.