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Work & commute in Home, KS

Most working residents leave Home for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Seneca (17%), Topeka (8%) and Sabetha (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 251 Home residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Home.

251live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Home goes to work

Seneca11 mi away

17%45

Topeka53.2 mi away

8%21

Sabetha25.1 mi away

8%20

Centralia3.1 mi away

6%15

Hiawatha35.8 mi away

5%12

Holton29 mi away

4%11

Onaga15 mi away

3%8

Vermillion4.4 mi away

3%7

Overland Park97.8 mi away

3%7

Bern21 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%108

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

How far

How far Home commutes

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

29%

22%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Home is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Home are

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

Jobs based in Home

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Home residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−15%

Jobs based in Home, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 61. 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.