Work & commute · Dresden

Work & commute in Dresden, KS

Most working residents leave Dresden for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kingman (15%), Pratt (13%) and Wichita (13%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 119 Dresden residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dresden.

119live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dresden goes to work

Kingman16.8 mi away

15%19

Pratt19 mi away

13%17

Wichita58.5 mi away

13%17

Cunningham3.1 mi away

9%12

Hutchinson38 mi away

5%7

Peters14.4 mi away

5%7

Medicine Lodge29.3 mi away

2%3

Wellington62.3 mi away

2%3

Dodge City87.5 mi away

2%3

Township 1213.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%40

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

How far

How far Dresden commutes

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

11%

40%

14%

35%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dresden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dresden are

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

Jobs based in Dresden

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Dresden residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+37%

Jobs based in Dresden, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 125. 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.