TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
ElkhartGood night
Work & commute · Elkhart

Work & commute in Elkhart, KS

About one in 3 of Elkhart’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rolla (8%), Hugoton (4%) and Liberal (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
33%
197 of 604 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 407 Elkhart residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkhart.

407live here, work elsewhere
197live and work here
309work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elkhart goes to work

RollaElkhartHugotonUlyssesHaysGarden CityLiberalHutchinsonWichitaOverland ParkTopekaGuymonRollaHugotonLiberalGuymonWichitaGarden CityTopekaOverland ParkHaysElkhart
1
Elkhart (in town)right here
33%197
2
Rolla16.5 mi away
8%48
3
Hugoton32.5 mi away
4%25
4
Liberal53.4 mi away
4%25
5
Guymon, OK31.7 mi away
4%25
6
Wichita254.1 mi away
3%20
7
Garden City88.2 mi away
2%10
8
Topeka365.3 mi away
2%10
9
Overland Park413.4 mi away
1%9
10
Hays191 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%227

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

How far

How far Elkhart commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
35%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elkhart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkhart are

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

Jobs based in Elkhart

506 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Elkhart residents hold

604 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month52%
−41%

Jobs based in Elkhart, 2013 → 2023: 859 → 506. 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.

We left the porch light on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Elkhart, KSView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Elkhart is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map