Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, KS

Most working residents leave Hope for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (13%), Junction City (8%) and Salina (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 110 Hope residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hope goes to work

Abilene18.1 mi away

13%14

Junction City26.2 mi away

8%9

Salina30.2 mi away

8%9

Chapman19.8 mi away

7%8

Herington14.5 mi away

7%8

Solomon22.4 mi away

4%4

Manhattan42.7 mi away

4%4

Grant16.8 mi away

3%3

Lincoln20.2 mi away

3%3

Enterprise14.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%47

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

11%

42%

26%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

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

Jobs based in Hope

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hope residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+20%

Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 96. 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.