Work & commute · Greeley

Work & commute in Greeley, KS

Most working residents leave Greeley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (63%), Wichita (3%) and Manhattan (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 326 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 323 Greeley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greeley.

323live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greeley goes to work

Salina4.9 mi away

63%205

Wichita79.2 mi away

3%11

Manhattan55.3 mi away

3%9

Junction City38.7 mi away

2%8

Abilene17.3 mi away

2%7

Topeka99.3 mi away

2%7

Smolan9.5 mi away

2%7

Smoky Hill6.9 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis22.5 mi away

1%4

McPherson32.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%58

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

How far

How far Greeley commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greeley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greeley are

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

Jobs based in Greeley

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Greeley residents hold

326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+38%

Jobs based in Greeley, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 265. 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.