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Work & commute in El Dorado, KS

About one in 3 of El Dorado’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita (27%), El Dorado (3%) and Spring (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
35%
1,872 of 5,347 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,475 El Dorado residents head out of town to work, 1,872 work right here, and 4,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Dorado.

3,475live here, work elsewhere
1,872live and work here
4,225work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where El Dorado goes to work

TowandaEurekaAugustaEl DoradoDerbyAndoverSalinaHutchinsonWichitaOverland ParkRiversideProspectSpringEl DoradoWichitaEl DoradoSpringAugustaOverland ParkAndoverTowandaHutchinsonRiversideEl Dorado
1
El Dorado (in town)right here
35%1,872
2
Wichita28 mi away
27%1,460
3
El Dorado4.5 mi away
3%169
4
Spring8.9 mi away
2%124
5
Augusta10.4 mi away
2%116
6
Overland Park138.9 mi away
2%105
7
Andover17.4 mi away
2%94
8
Towanda7.4 mi away
1%77
9
Hutchinson59.4 mi away
1%69
10
Riverside28.4 mi away
1%68
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%1,193

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

How far

How far El Dorado commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

El Dorado 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 El Dorado are

6,097 jobs are based in El Dorado. Here is what they are, next to the jobs El Dorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in El Dorado

6,097 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs El Dorado residents hold

5,347 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+9%

Jobs based in El Dorado, 2013 → 2023: 5,614 → 6,097. 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.

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