Work & commute · Isbel

Work & commute in Isbel, KS

Most working residents leave Isbel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Scott City (46%), Leoti (7%) and Garden City (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40 Isbel residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Isbel.

40live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Isbel goes to work

Scott City8.3 mi away

46%19

Leoti16.3 mi away

7%3

Garden City36.6 mi away

5%2

Cimarron60.3 mi away

2%1

Oakley45.9 mi away

2%1

Great Bend122.5 mi away

2%1

Hutchinson173.1 mi away

2%1

Wichita208.9 mi away

2%1

Olathe337.5 mi away

2%1

Ozark, MO439.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10

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

How far

How far Isbel commutes

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

32%

39%

12%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Isbel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Isbel are

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

Jobs based in Isbel

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Isbel residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+430%

Jobs based in Isbel, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 53. 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.