Work & commute · Dudley

Work & commute in Dudley, KS

Most working residents leave Dudley for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Haskell (22%), Sublette (14%) and Garden City (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

48 of 432 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 384 Dudley residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dudley.

384live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dudley goes to work

Haskell7.1 mi away

22%97

Sublette10.6 mi away

14%60

Dudley (in town)right here

6%26

Garden City29.6 mi away

5%23

Satanta8.9 mi away

5%22

Liberal36.2 mi away

4%17

Wichita200.5 mi away

4%17

Topeka305.3 mi away

2%9

Lockport15.4 mi away

2%8

Hays129 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%146

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

How far

How far Dudley commutes

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

25%

29%

19%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dudley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dudley are

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

Jobs based in Dudley

494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Dudley residents hold

432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−30%

Jobs based in Dudley, 2013 → 2023: 709 → 494. 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.