Work & commute · Horton

Work & commute in Horton, KS

Most working residents leave Horton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hiawatha (13%), Topeka (7%) and Atchison (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

109 of 677 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 568 Horton residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horton.

568live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horton goes to work

Horton (in town)right here

16%109

Hiawatha13 mi away

13%88

Topeka44.3 mi away

7%46

Atchison22.2 mi away

5%32

Kansas City, MO64.3 mi away

4%28

Everest5.8 mi away

4%24

Sabetha21.9 mi away

3%21

St. Joseph, MO38.4 mi away

3%21

Seneca31 mi away

3%20

Overland Park70 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%270

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

How far

How far Horton commutes

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

26%

33%

19%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horton is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horton are

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

Jobs based in Horton

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Horton residents hold

677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−24%

Jobs based in Horton, 2013 → 2023: 507 → 387. 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.