Work & commute · Grinnell

Work & commute in Grinnell, KS

Most working residents leave Grinnell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Quinter (25%), Oakley (7%) and Hays (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 100 Grinnell residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grinnell.

100live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grinnell goes to work

Quinter21.7 mi away

25%27

Oakley11.5 mi away

7%7

Grinnell (in town)right here

6%6

Hays72.3 mi away

6%6

Grainfield8.3 mi away

6%6

Gove City13.9 mi away

5%5

Hoxie18.9 mi away

4%4

Salina163.5 mi away

4%4

Grinnell4.6 mi away

4%4

WaKeeney40.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%34

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

How far

How far Grinnell commutes

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

16%

43%

33%

16%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grinnell is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grinnell are

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

Jobs based in Grinnell

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Grinnell residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Grinnell, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 66. 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.