Work & commute · Goessel

Work & commute in Goessel, KS

Most working residents leave Goessel for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (12%), Newton (11%) and Hesston (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 213 Goessel residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goessel.

213live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goessel goes to work

Wichita38.5 mi away

12%27

Newton14.5 mi away

11%24

Hesston8.6 mi away

8%18

Peabody14.2 mi away

6%13

Marion19.7 mi away

6%13

Goessel (in town)right here

4%10

Hillsboro10.8 mi away

4%10

Florence22.6 mi away

4%9

El Dorado39.5 mi away

4%9

McPherson19.3 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%83

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

How far

How far Goessel commutes

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

16%

44%

25%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goessel is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goessel are

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

Jobs based in Goessel

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Goessel residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−13%

Jobs based in Goessel, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 182. 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.