Work & commute · Kechi

Work & commute in Kechi, KS

Most working residents leave Kechi for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (62%), Park City (4%) and Waco (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

185 of 4,680 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,495 Kechi residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 4,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kechi.

4,495live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

4,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kechi goes to work

Wichita7.8 mi away

62%2,899

Park City0.8 mi away

4%173

Waco15.2 mi away

3%161

Riverside14.8 mi away

3%132

Valley Center3.7 mi away

2%107

Newton16.6 mi away

2%105

Maize8 mi away

1%69

Overland Park160.9 mi away

1%60

Andover12.5 mi away

1%56

Topeka122.3 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%867

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

How far

How far Kechi commutes

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

60%

27%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kechi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kechi are

4,372 jobs are based in Kechi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kechi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kechi

4,372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kechi residents hold

4,680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+25%

Jobs based in Kechi, 2013 → 2023: 3,488 → 4,372. 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.