Work & commute · East Hess

Work & commute in East Hess, KS

Most working residents leave East Hess for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Montezuma (10%), Copeland (9%) and Cimarron (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 102 East Hess residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hess.

102live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hess goes to work

Montezuma9.5 mi away

10%10

Copeland18.1 mi away

9%9

Cimarron14 mi away

8%8

Montezuma7.5 mi away

7%7

Dodge City17.5 mi away

6%6

Cimarron12.2 mi away

6%6

Garden City40 mi away

5%5

Liberal53 mi away

5%5

Copeland19.8 mi away

4%4

Wichita160.4 mi away

4%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%40

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

How far

How far East Hess commutes

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

10%

43%

15%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hess is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hess are

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

Jobs based in East Hess

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs East Hess residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−92%

Jobs based in East Hess, 2013 → 2023: 567 → 47. 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.