Work & commute · Drum Creek

Work & commute in Drum Creek, KS

Most working residents leave Drum Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Independence (23%), Coffeyville (13%) and Parsons (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 173 Drum Creek residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drum Creek.

173live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drum Creek goes to work

Independence6.8 mi away

23%41

Coffeyville14.1 mi away

13%22

Parsons19.4 mi away

8%14

Cherryvale3.4 mi away

6%10

Independence9.5 mi away

5%8

Chanute31.1 mi away

3%5

Neodesha14.3 mi away

2%4

Sycamore10.5 mi away

2%4

Fredonia24.4 mi away

2%3

Moline40.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%62

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

How far

How far Drum Creek commutes

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

38%

33%

10%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drum Creek is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drum Creek are

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

Jobs based in Drum Creek

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Drum Creek residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+62%

Jobs based in Drum Creek, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 99. 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.