Work & commute · Goddard

Work & commute in Goddard, KS

Most working residents leave Goddard for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (58%), Waco (4%) and Riverside (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

262 of 2,464 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,202 Goddard residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 2,667 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goddard.

2,202live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

2,667work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goddard goes to work

Wichita11.6 mi away

58%1,430

Goddard (in town)right here

11%262

Waco8 mi away

4%107

Riverside15.6 mi away

3%69

Maize9.4 mi away

1%32

Topeka138.3 mi away

1%31

Overland Park177 mi away

1%30

Hutchinson33.6 mi away

1%27

Derby18 mi away

1%24

Park City16.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%430

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

How far

How far Goddard commutes

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

36%

48%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goddard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goddard are

2,929 jobs are based in Goddard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goddard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goddard

2,929 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Goddard residents hold

2,464 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in Goddard, 2013 → 2023: 3,380 → 2,929. 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.