Work & commute · Ellis

Work & commute in Ellis, KS

Most working residents leave Ellis for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hays (41%), Big Creek (7%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

138 of 915 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 777 Ellis residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellis.

777live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellis goes to work

Hays13.1 mi away

41%373

Ellis (in town)right here

15%138

Big Creek11.7 mi away

7%61

Wichita147.4 mi away

2%22

Great Bend57.1 mi away

2%21

Buckeye11.4 mi away

2%16

Colby85.6 mi away

2%14

La Crosse30.9 mi away

1%11

Salina104.8 mi away

1%10

Manhattan159.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%239

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

How far

How far Ellis commutes

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

17%

50%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellis is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellis are

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

Jobs based in Ellis

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ellis residents hold

915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Ellis, 2013 → 2023: 619 → 531. 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.