Work & commute · Inman

Work & commute in Inman, KS

Most working residents leave Inman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Moundridge (23%), McPherson (15%) and Wichita (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 530 Inman residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inman.

530live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inman goes to work

Moundridge14.1 mi away

23%126

McPherson11.1 mi away

15%85

Wichita44.1 mi away

8%43

Hutchinson13.8 mi away

6%36

Inman (in town)right here

5%30

McPherson13.6 mi away

5%30

Hesston19.8 mi away

5%28

King City8.4 mi away

3%16

Salina41 mi away

2%12

Topeka125 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%143

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

How far

How far Inman commutes

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

12%

61%

15%

11%

12%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inman is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inman are

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

Jobs based in Inman

411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Inman residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in Inman, 2013 → 2023: 474 → 411. 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.