Work & commute · Gore

Work & commute in Gore, KS

Most working residents leave Gore for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (40%), Riverside (9%) and Mulvane (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 839 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 795 Gore residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 667 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gore.

795live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

667work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gore goes to work

Wichita20.1 mi away

40%339

Riverside12.3 mi away

9%76

Mulvane4.2 mi away

7%55

Derby9.8 mi away

5%39

Waco17.9 mi away

4%32

Wellington15.7 mi away

3%29

Haysville13.1 mi away

2%17

Belle Plaine5.3 mi away

2%14

Rose Hill10.4 mi away

1%11

Rockford6.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%216

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

How far

How far Gore commutes

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

19%

63%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gore are

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

Jobs based in Gore

711 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gore residents hold

839 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−61%

Jobs based in Gore, 2013 → 2023: 1,811 → 711. 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.