Work & commute · Gypsum

Work & commute in Gypsum, KS

Most working residents leave Gypsum for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (51%), Wichita (6%) and Manhattan (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Gypsum residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gypsum.

172live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gypsum goes to work

Salina12.5 mi away

51%88

Wichita70.4 mi away

6%10

Manhattan55.3 mi away

4%7

Lindsborg16 mi away

3%5

McPherson26.5 mi away

2%4

Topeka95.8 mi away

2%4

Liberty6.7 mi away

2%4

Hutchinson51.4 mi away

2%3

Smoky Hill15.2 mi away

2%3

Smolan12.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%41

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

How far

How far Gypsum commutes

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

63%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gypsum is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gypsum are

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

Jobs based in Gypsum

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Gypsum residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+275%

Jobs based in Gypsum, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 30. 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.