Work & commute · Elm Grove

Work & commute in Elm Grove, KS

Most working residents leave Elm Grove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (18%), Coffeyville (17%) and Altamont (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 208 Elm Grove residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm Grove.

208live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elm Grove goes to work

Parsons19.1 mi away

18%40

Coffeyville18.4 mi away

17%37

Altamont8.7 mi away

6%13

Oswego13.6 mi away

4%9

Cherryvale19.3 mi away

3%7

Independence24.9 mi away

3%7

Edna2.2 mi away

3%6

Wichita119.5 mi away

3%6

Elm Grove (in town)right here

3%6

Pittsburg42 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%84

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

How far

How far Elm Grove commutes

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

14%

53%

11%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elm Grove is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm Grove are

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

Jobs based in Elm Grove

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Elm Grove residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+5%

Jobs based in Elm Grove, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 66. 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.