Work & commute · Iola

Work & commute in Iola, KS

Most working residents leave Iola for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iola (36%), Chanute (10%) and Humboldt (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 379 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 378 Iola residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iola.

378live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iola goes to work

Iola3.5 mi away

36%138

Chanute16 mi away

10%37

Humboldt6.2 mi away

8%29

Wichita104.4 mi away

4%14

Arkansas City104 mi away

3%10

Parsons40.5 mi away

2%7

Topeka79.4 mi away

2%7

Coffeyville61 mi away

1%5

Overland Park79.8 mi away

1%5

Humboldt5.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%122

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

How far

How far Iola commutes

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

48%

14%

32%

48%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iola is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iola are

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

Jobs based in Iola

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Iola residents hold

379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−85%

Jobs based in Iola, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 40. 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.