Work & commute · Hiawatha

Work & commute in Hiawatha, KS

About one in 3 of Hiawatha’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sabetha (8%), Topeka (6%) and Seneca (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

527 of 1,507 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 980 Hiawatha residents head out of town to work, 527 work right here, and 1,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiawatha.

980live here, work elsewhere

527live and work here

1,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hiawatha goes to work

Hiawatha (in town)right here

35%527

Sabetha14.1 mi away

8%115

Topeka57.1 mi away

6%83

Seneca28.2 mi away

4%62

Kansas City, MO72.7 mi away

3%42

St. Joseph, MO38.6 mi away

2%32

Olathe77.2 mi away

2%30

Lawrence63.3 mi away

2%28

Wichita178.4 mi away

2%28

Overland Park80.4 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%533

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

How far

How far Hiawatha commutes

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

39%

21%

10%

30%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hiawatha is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiawatha are

1,741 jobs are based in Hiawatha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hiawatha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hiawatha

1,741 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hiawatha residents hold

1,507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−20%

Jobs based in Hiawatha, 2013 → 2023: 2,180 → 1,741. 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.