Work & commute · Herzog

Work & commute in Herzog, KS

Most working residents leave Herzog for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hays (49%), Big Creek (7%) and Victoria (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

68 of 683 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 615 Herzog residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Herzog.

615live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Herzog goes to work

Hays12 mi away

49%332

Big Creek18.9 mi away

7%45

Victoria5.5 mi away

6%41

Herzog (in town)right here

4%27

Buckeye15.5 mi away

2%15

Wichita128.1 mi away

2%14

Ellis24.2 mi away

1%10

Russell14 mi away

1%9

Topeka183.3 mi away

1%9

Great Bend42.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%173

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

How far

How far Herzog commutes

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

49%

25%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Herzog is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Herzog are

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

Jobs based in Herzog

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Herzog residents hold

683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Herzog, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 281. 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.