Work & commute · Herington

Work & commute in Herington, KS

About one in 3 of Herington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Salina (10%), Junction City (5%) and Manhattan (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

249 of 785 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 536 Herington residents head out of town to work, 249 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herington.

536live here, work elsewhere

249live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herington goes to work

Herington (in town)right here

32%249

Salina44.2 mi away

10%76

Junction City23 mi away

5%36

Manhattan35.6 mi away

4%34

Topeka64.2 mi away

4%30

Abilene27.6 mi away

4%29

Township 73.6 mi away

3%21

Council Grove17.2 mi away

2%17

Lincoln31.5 mi away

2%15

Wichita75.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%264

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

How far

How far Herington commutes

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

38%

17%

25%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herington 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 Herington are

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

Jobs based in Herington

625 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Herington residents hold

785 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+21%

Jobs based in Herington, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 625. 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.