Work & commute · Galena

Work & commute in Galena, KS

Most working residents leave Galena for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (29%), Pittsburg (4%) and Baxter Springs (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

209 of 1,137 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 928 Galena residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 1,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galena.

928live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

1,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galena goes to work

Joplin, MO7.4 mi away

29%331

Galena (in town)right here

18%209

Pittsburg23.6 mi away

4%46

Baxter Springs6.7 mi away

4%43

Webb City, MO10.3 mi away

3%32

Wichita154.9 mi away

2%23

Miami, OK18.3 mi away

1%16

Carthage, MO17.9 mi away

1%15

Columbus13.3 mi away

1%14

Fort Scott52.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%395

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

How far

How far Galena commutes

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

61%

15%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galena is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Galena are

1,273 jobs are based in Galena. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galena’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Galena

1,273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Galena residents hold

1,137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+2%

Jobs based in Galena, 2013 → 2023: 1,250 → 1,273. 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.