Work & commute · Jewell

Work & commute in Jewell, KS

Most working residents leave Jewell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mankato (28%), Beloit (9%) and Belleville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 132 Jewell residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jewell.

132live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jewell goes to work

Mankato8.5 mi away

28%38

Beloit14.5 mi away

9%13

Jewell (in town)right here

4%5

Belleville29.5 mi away

4%5

Wichita143.7 mi away

4%5

Topeka138.4 mi away

4%5

Salina65.9 mi away

3%4

Manhattan89 mi away

2%3

Kansas City186 mi away

2%3

Superior, NE24.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%53

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

How far

How far Jewell commutes

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

34%

24%

10%

32%

34%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jewell is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jewell are

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

Jobs based in Jewell

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Jewell residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−34%

Jobs based in Jewell, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 42. 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.