Work & commute · Garfield

Work & commute in Garfield, KS

Most working residents leave Garfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Garden City (34%), Sherlock (15%) and Garden City (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 136 Garfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garfield.

136live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garfield goes to work

Garden City24.4 mi away

34%47

Sherlock35.1 mi away

15%20

Garden City25.3 mi away

7%10

Lakin46.1 mi away

4%5

Cimarron23 mi away

4%5

Hays79.9 mi away

2%3

Dodge City34.8 mi away

2%3

Topeka264.1 mi away

2%3

Pierceville21.3 mi away

2%3

Holcomb31.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%36

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

How far

How far Garfield commutes

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

23%

53%

23%

0%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garfield is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garfield are

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

Jobs based in Garfield

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Garfield residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−30%

Jobs based in Garfield, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 99. 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.