Work & commute · Fort Scott

Work & commute in Fort Scott, KS

46% of Fort Scott’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (5%), Wichita (3%) and Arkansas City (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

1,552 of 3,374 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,822 Fort Scott residents head out of town to work, 1,552 work right here, and 3,093 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Scott.

1,822live here, work elsewhere

1,552live and work here

3,093work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Scott goes to work

Fort Scott (in town)right here

46%1,552

Pittsburg28.6 mi away

5%153

Wichita144.8 mi away

3%110

Arkansas City138.2 mi away

3%101

Nevada, MO19.3 mi away

2%84

Scott1.3 mi away

2%79

Topeka99.2 mi away

2%66

Overland Park73.3 mi away

2%63

Olathe73.1 mi away

1%47

Iola38.6 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,073

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

How far

How far Fort Scott commutes

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

49%

11%

33%

49%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Scott 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 Fort Scott are

4,645 jobs are based in Fort Scott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Scott

4,645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Fort Scott residents hold

3,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−3%

Jobs based in Fort Scott, 2013 → 2023: 4,809 → 4,645. 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.