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Work & commute in Gas, KS

Most working residents leave Gas for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Iola (32%), Humboldt (6%) and Chanute (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 232 Gas residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gas.

232live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gas goes to work

Iola3 mi away

32%77

Humboldt9.1 mi away

6%14

Chanute18.6 mi away

5%13

Arkansas City109.8 mi away

5%12

Wichita110.5 mi away

4%10

Gas (in town)right here

3%6

La Harpe2.3 mi away

2%5

Coffeyville63.7 mi away

2%5

Humboldt7.3 mi away

2%5

Pittsburg49.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%87

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

How far

How far Gas commutes

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

50%

32%

50%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gas is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gas are

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

Jobs based in Gas

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Gas residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+20%

Jobs based in Gas, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 67. 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.