Work & commute · Hill

Work & commute in Hill, KS

About one in 3 of Hill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hill City (6%), Hays (5%) and Norton (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

207 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 375 Hill residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hill.

375live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hill goes to work

Hill City (in town)right here

36%207

Hill City2.5 mi away

6%35

Hays43.6 mi away

5%29

Norton32.4 mi away

4%23

Oakley56.4 mi away

4%23

Wichita177.8 mi away

4%22

Hoxie32 mi away

2%12

Colby64.3 mi away

2%10

Quinter29.7 mi away

2%9

Stockton30.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%203

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

How far

How far Hill commutes

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

43%

22%

32%

43%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hill are

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

Jobs based in Hill

610 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hill residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+6%

Jobs based in Hill, 2013 → 2023: 575 → 610. 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.