Work & commute · Hugoton

Work & commute in Hugoton, KS

47% of Hugoton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Liberal (7%), Wichita (3%) and Garden City (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47%

705 of 1,508 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 803 Hugoton residents head out of town to work, 705 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hugoton.

803live here, work elsewhere

705live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hugoton goes to work

Hugoton (in town)right here

47%705

Liberal24.6 mi away

7%104

Wichita222.1 mi away

3%39

Garden City61.6 mi away

2%36

Guymon, OK34.3 mi away

2%30

Ulysses27.8 mi away

2%29

Elkhart32.5 mi away

2%27

Big Bow29.1 mi away

2%24

Haskell36.6 mi away

1%17

Overland Park380.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%483

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

How far

How far Hugoton commutes

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

56%

16%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hugoton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hugoton are

1,329 jobs are based in Hugoton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hugoton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hugoton

1,329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hugoton residents hold

1,508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Hugoton, 2013 → 2023: 1,380 → 1,329. 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.