Work & commute · Hesston

Work & commute in Hesston, KS

About one in 5 of Hesston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita (18%), Newton (17%) and North Newton (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

327 of 1,570 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,243 Hesston residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 2,629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hesston.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

2,629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hesston goes to work

Hesston (in town)right here

21%327

Wichita31.4 mi away

18%275

Newton8.4 mi away

17%268

North Newton6.2 mi away

5%78

Moundridge6.4 mi away

5%71

Hutchinson26.7 mi away

5%71

McPherson20.5 mi away

2%32

McPherson21.2 mi away

2%29

Overland Park156.7 mi away

1%23

Topeka112.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%376

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

How far

How far Hesston commutes

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

50%

12%

27%

11%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hesston is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hesston are

2,956 jobs are based in Hesston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hesston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hesston

2,956 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Hesston residents hold

1,570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Hesston, 2013 → 2023: 3,676 → 2,956. 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.