Work & commute · Irving

Work & commute in Irving, KS

Most working residents leave Irving for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sabetha (13%), Hiawatha (10%) and Kickapoo Tribal Center (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 120 Irving residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irving.

120live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irving goes to work

Sabetha21.3 mi away

13%17

Hiawatha9.5 mi away

10%12

Kickapoo Tribal Center22.4 mi away

6%8

Topeka64.1 mi away

5%6

Irving (in town)right here

5%6

Kansas City, MO71.6 mi away

4%5

Powhattan17.4 mi away

3%4

Fairview18.9 mi away

3%4

Horton20 mi away

2%3

Lawrence67.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%58

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

How far

How far Irving commutes

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

10%

46%

10%

34%

10%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irving is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Irving are

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

Jobs based in Irving

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Irving residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−28%

Jobs based in Irving, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 164. 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.