Work & commute · Hoisington

Work & commute in Hoisington, KS

About one in 3 of Hoisington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Great Bend (23%), Great Bend (5%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

375 of 1,308 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 933 Hoisington residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoisington.

933live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoisington goes to work

Hoisington (in town)right here

29%375

Great Bend11.1 mi away

23%295

Great Bend8.9 mi away

5%65

Wichita96.5 mi away

5%64

South Bend15.3 mi away

4%51

Hays38.7 mi away

4%48

Hutchinson56.6 mi away

2%27

Russell25.8 mi away

2%20

Dodge City85.3 mi away

1%19

Salina66 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%326

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

How far

How far Hoisington commutes

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

36%

30%

11%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoisington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoisington are

1,075 jobs are based in Hoisington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoisington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hoisington

1,075 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Hoisington residents hold

1,308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+82%

Jobs based in Hoisington, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 1,075. 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.