Work & commute · Hampden

Work & commute in Hampden, KS

Most working residents leave Hampden for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (13%), Waverly (6%) and Emporia (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 59 Hampden residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampden.

59live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampden goes to work

Burlington3.6 mi away

13%8

Hampden (in town)right here

8%5

Waverly14.6 mi away

6%4

Emporia31.4 mi away

5%3

Olathe66.5 mi away

5%3

New Strawn6 mi away

3%2

Lebo18.3 mi away

3%2

Garnett24.6 mi away

3%2

Ottawa36 mi away

3%2

Lawrence57.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%31

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

How far

How far Hampden commutes

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

28%

20%

22%

30%

28%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampden is a job hub

15.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

15.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampden are

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

Jobs based in Hampden

974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month96%

Jobs Hampden residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+97300%

Jobs based in Hampden, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 974. 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.