Work & commute · Goodland

Work & commute in Goodland, KS

53% of Goodland’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Colby (4%), Garden City (2%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

973 of 1,837 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 864 Goodland residents head out of town to work, 973 work right here, and 852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodland.

864live here, work elsewhere

973live and work here

852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodland goes to work

Goodland (in town)right here

53%973

Colby35.8 mi away

4%69

Garden City105.6 mi away

2%45

Wichita262.3 mi away

2%39

Hays132.2 mi away

2%37

Burlington, CO30 mi away

2%33

Itasca3.8 mi away

1%27

Stateline15.7 mi away

1%25

Topeka322.9 mi away

1%24

Logan3.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%541

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

How far

How far Goodland commutes

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

57%

10%

30%

57%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodland are

1,825 jobs are based in Goodland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goodland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goodland

1,825 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Goodland residents hold

1,837 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Goodland, 2013 → 2023: 2,031 → 1,825. 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.