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Work & commute · Girard

Work & commute in Girard, KS

About one in 4 of Girard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (23%), Frontenac (3%) and Fort Scott (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
27%
284 of 1,052 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 768 Girard residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 1,372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Girard.

768live here, work elsewhere
284live and work here
1,372work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Girard goes to work

CherokeeArmaGirardColumbusFrontenacFort ScottParsonsPittsburgWichitaOverland ParkTopekaJoplinShermanSheridanCrawfordWashingtonBakerPittsburgFrontenacFort ScottWichitaJoplinParsonsColumbusOverland ParkTopekaGirard
1
Girard (in town)right here
27%284
2
Pittsburg10.4 mi away
23%240
3
Frontenac8.7 mi away
3%36
4
Fort Scott23.4 mi away
3%31
5
Wichita137.6 mi away
3%28
6
Joplin, MO35.4 mi away
3%28
7
Parsons26 mi away
2%19
8
Columbus23.3 mi away
2%16
9
Overland Park95.7 mi away
2%16
10
Topeka115.1 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%338

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

How far

How far Girard commutes

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

40%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Girard is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Girard are

1,656 jobs are based in Girard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Girard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Girard

1,656 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Girard residents hold

1,052 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−7%

Jobs based in Girard, 2013 → 2023: 1,776 → 1,656. 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.

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