Work & commute · Elwood

Work & commute in Elwood, KS

Most working residents leave Elwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (36%), Wathena (15%) and Kansas City (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 467 Elwood residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elwood.

467live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elwood goes to work

St. Joseph, MO3.9 mi away

36%172

Wathena1.9 mi away

15%72

Kansas City, MO47 mi away

5%22

Topeka65.5 mi away

4%19

Kansas City44.2 mi away

4%17

Elwood (in town)right here

3%13

Overland Park60.6 mi away

2%11

Troy10.9 mi away

2%10

Wichita194.4 mi away

2%10

Sabetha49 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%125

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

How far

How far Elwood commutes

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

54%

15%

23%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elwood is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elwood are

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

Jobs based in Elwood

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Elwood residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−41%

Jobs based in Elwood, 2013 → 2023: 341 → 201. 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.