Work & commute · Gorham

Work & commute in Gorham, KS

Most working residents leave Gorham for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Russell (23%), Hays (11%) and Lucas (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 129 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 127 Gorham residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorham.

127live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorham goes to work

Russell9.3 mi away

23%30

Hays16 mi away

11%14

Lucas28.9 mi away

7%9

Ellsworth44 mi away

4%5

Sylvan Grove35 mi away

2%3

Garden City117 mi away

2%3

Round Mound27 mi away

2%3

Lorraine43.7 mi away

2%2

Gorham (in town)right here

2%2

Luray24.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%56

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

How far

How far Gorham commutes

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

26%

23%

21%

29%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorham is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorham are

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

Jobs based in Gorham

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Gorham residents hold

129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−16%

Jobs based in Gorham, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 59. 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.