Work & commute · Harper

Work & commute in Harper, KS

Most working residents leave Harper for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Anthony (17%), Wichita (14%) and Township 5 (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

93 of 526 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 433 Harper residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harper.

433live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

328work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harper goes to work

Harper (in town)right here

18%93

Anthony8.8 mi away

17%91

Wichita46.6 mi away

14%74

Township 54.7 mi away

9%46

Wellington34.1 mi away

2%12

Attica11.4 mi away

2%11

Topeka175.1 mi away

2%11

Hutchinson54.2 mi away

2%9

Pratt49.5 mi away

2%8

Kingman25.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%164

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.

46%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harper is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harper are

421 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

421 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Harper residents hold

526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−25%

Jobs based in Harper, 2013 → 2023: 559 → 421. 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.