Work & commute · Hoxie

Work & commute in Hoxie, KS

About one in 3 of Hoxie’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colby (7%), Selden (5%) and Oakley (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

208 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 341 Hoxie residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoxie.

341live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoxie goes to work

Hoxie (in town)right here

38%208

Colby32.4 mi away

7%41

Selden14.5 mi away

5%26

Oakley27 mi away

3%16

Hays68.3 mi away

3%14

Wichita202.9 mi away

2%12

Solomon14.3 mi away

2%10

Norton44.2 mi away

2%9

Oberlin32.6 mi away

2%9

Manhattan205.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%196

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

How far

How far Hoxie commutes

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

45%

11%

18%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoxie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoxie are

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

Jobs based in Hoxie

641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hoxie residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−12%

Jobs based in Hoxie, 2013 → 2023: 730 → 641. 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.