Work & commute · Halstead

Work & commute in Halstead, KS

Most working residents leave Halstead for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (20%), Newton (13%) and Hutchinson (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

115 of 945 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 830 Halstead residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 464 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halstead.

830live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

464work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halstead goes to work

Wichita23.3 mi away

20%192

Newton9.2 mi away

13%121

Halstead (in town)right here

12%115

Hutchinson22.2 mi away

8%75

Burrton9 mi away

7%65

Hesston10.5 mi away

5%47

Moundridge13.8 mi away

2%19

McPherson28.3 mi away

2%17

Waco28 mi away

1%13

Valley Center14 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%269

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

How far

How far Halstead commutes

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

32%

45%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halstead is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halstead are

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

Jobs based in Halstead

579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Halstead residents hold

945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in Halstead, 2013 → 2023: 667 → 579. 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.