Work & commute · Frontenac

Work & commute in Frontenac, KS

Most working residents leave Frontenac for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (41%), Girard (7%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

189 of 1,406 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,217 Frontenac residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frontenac.

1,217live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frontenac goes to work

Pittsburg3.1 mi away

41%573

Frontenac (in town)right here

13%189

Girard8.7 mi away

7%97

Wichita145.9 mi away

2%32

Joplin, MO28.7 mi away

2%32

Baker6.9 mi away

2%28

Fort Scott25.5 mi away

2%27

Parsons32.1 mi away

1%20

Columbus21.3 mi away

1%19

Overland Park98.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%373

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

How far

How far Frontenac commutes

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

66%

19%

66%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frontenac is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frontenac are

1,489 jobs are based in Frontenac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frontenac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frontenac

1,489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Frontenac residents hold

1,406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Frontenac, 2013 → 2023: 1,540 → 1,489. 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.