Work & commute · Hoosier

Work & commute in Hoosier, KS

Most working residents leave Hoosier for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kingman (23%), Wichita (12%) and Cunningham (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 65 Hoosier residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoosier.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoosier goes to work

Kingman6 mi away

23%15

Wichita46.6 mi away

12%8

Cunningham13.3 mi away

8%5

Peters14.8 mi away

5%3

Zenda18.5 mi away

3%2

Anthony38.6 mi away

3%2

Pratt30.9 mi away

3%2

Hays101.6 mi away

3%2

Kansas City211.3 mi away

3%2

Ninnescah8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%23

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

How far

How far Hoosier commutes

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

29%

24%

21%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoosier is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoosier are

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

Jobs based in Hoosier

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Hoosier residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−12%

Jobs based in Hoosier, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 50. 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.