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Work & commute · Harper

Work & commute in Harper, KS

Most working residents leave Harper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are McPherson (18%), Hutchinson (16%) and Salina (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 49 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49 Harper residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harper.

49live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
10work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Harper goes to work

WindomMarquetteLindsborgEllsworthMcPhersonNewtonSalinaHutchinsonWichitaUnionvilleNew GottlandSouth Sharps CreekKing CityHarperUnionMcPhersonJacksonWashingtonEmporiaMurdockMcPhersonHutchinsonSalinaLindsborgKing CityWichitaMcPhersonWindomEllsworthNewtonHarper
1
McPherson9.5 mi away
18%9
2
Hutchinson30 mi away
16%8
3
Salina24.2 mi away
12%6
4
Lindsborg8.1 mi away
10%5
5
King City14 mi away
10%5
6
Wichita59.3 mi away
8%4
7
McPherson9 mi away
8%4
8
Windom10.4 mi away
2%1
9
Ellsworth30.4 mi away
2%1
10
Newton38.3 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%5

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

How far

How far Harper commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Harper is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harper are

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

Jobs based in Harper

10 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Harper residents hold

49 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−41%

Jobs based in Harper, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 10. 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.

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