Work & commute · Gove

Work & commute in Gove, KS

Most working residents leave Gove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Quinter (33%), Grainfield (11%) and Baker (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 52 Gove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gove.

52live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gove goes to work

Quinter18.1 mi away

33%18

Grainfield9.3 mi away

11%6

Baker17.6 mi away

9%5

Topeka259.6 mi away

6%3

Oakley21.3 mi away

4%2

Colby41.4 mi away

4%2

Goodland69.5 mi away

4%2

Hays65 mi away

4%2

Wichita192.8 mi away

4%2

Gove City2.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%11

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

How far

How far Gove commutes

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

56%

28%

7%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gove are

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

Jobs based in Gove

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Gove residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−25%

Jobs based in Gove, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 60. 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.