Work & commute · Emma

Work & commute in Emma, KS

About one in 5 of Emma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hesston (21%), Wichita (17%) and Newton (17%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

383 of 1,790 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,407 Emma residents head out of town to work, 383 work right here, and 2,661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emma.

1,407live here, work elsewhere

383live and work here

2,661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emma goes to work

Hesston0.7 mi away

21%375

Wichita30.8 mi away

17%311

Newton7.8 mi away

17%306

North Newton5.7 mi away

5%91

Moundridge6.9 mi away

5%84

Hutchinson26.6 mi away

4%78

McPherson21 mi away

2%39

Overland Park157 mi away

2%29

McPherson21.8 mi away

2%29

Topeka112.4 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%427

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

How far

How far Emma commutes

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

50%

12%

27%

11%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emma is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Emma are

3,044 jobs are based in Emma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Emma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Emma

3,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Emma residents hold

1,790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−19%

Jobs based in Emma, 2013 → 2023: 3,761 → 3,044. 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.