Work & commute · East Branch

Work & commute in East Branch, KS

Most working residents leave East Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (18%), Wichita (11%) and Marion (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 82 East Branch residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Branch.

82live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Branch goes to work

Newton14.3 mi away

18%15

Wichita37.2 mi away

11%9

Marion14.6 mi away

10%8

Florence15.5 mi away

5%4

Peabody6.7 mi away

5%4

Hesston12.8 mi away

5%4

North Newton12.1 mi away

4%3

Hillsboro9.4 mi away

4%3

Moundridge16.5 mi away

2%2

McPherson26.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%29

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

How far

How far East Branch commutes

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

11%

50%

22%

17%

11%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Branch is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Branch are

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

Jobs based in East Branch

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs East Branch residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1300%

Jobs based in East Branch, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 14. 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.