Work & commute · Kechi

Work & commute in Kechi, KS

Most working residents leave Kechi for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (64%), Waco (4%) and Riverside (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 1,035 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,033 Kechi residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kechi.

1,033live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kechi goes to work

Wichita8.5 mi away

64%660

Waco16.3 mi away

4%39

Riverside14.4 mi away

3%32

Park City3.4 mi away

3%26

Valley Center6.1 mi away

2%25

Newton17.3 mi away

2%24

Overland Park158.8 mi away

1%15

Derby16.2 mi away

1%14

Andover10.3 mi away

1%13

Hutchinson39.7 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%174

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.

56%

30%

10%

56%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kechi is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kechi are

385 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

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Kechi residents hold

1,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+16%

Jobs based in Kechi, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 385. 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.