Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, KS

40% of Ellsworth’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Salina (10%), Wichita (4%) and Wilson (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

415 of 1,043 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 628 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 415 work right here, and 1,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

628live here, work elsewhere

415live and work here

1,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Ellsworth (in town)right here

40%415

Salina33.5 mi away

10%101

Wichita86.5 mi away

4%44

Wilson14.7 mi away

4%38

Lorraine12.4 mi away

3%30

Topeka137.7 mi away

3%27

Manhattan92.6 mi away

2%22

Russell35.2 mi away

2%18

Hutchinson49.4 mi away

1%14

Ellsworth1.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%323

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.

44%

10%

20%

27%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsworth are

1,441 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

1,441 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

1,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−27%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 1,977 → 1,441. 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.