Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, KS

Most working residents leave Ellsworth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (28%), Salina (11%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

262live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Ellsworth1.6 mi away

28%74

Salina32.1 mi away

11%28

Wichita86.7 mi away

5%13

Lorraine13.8 mi away

3%8

Manhattan91.1 mi away

3%8

Green Garden14.6 mi away

3%8

Wilson15.5 mi away

2%6

Hays60.8 mi away

2%6

Topeka136.4 mi away

2%6

Clear Creek5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%102

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

How far

How far Ellsworth commutes

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

35%

15%

21%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsworth are

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

Jobs based in Ellsworth

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+54%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 57. 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.