Work & commute · Kensington

Work & commute in Kensington, KS

Most working residents leave Kensington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Smith Center (26%), Phillipsburg (11%) and Hays (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 141 Kensington residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kensington.

141live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kensington goes to work

Smith Center13.3 mi away

26%39

Phillipsburg15.3 mi away

11%17

Kensington (in town)right here

7%10

Hays63 mi away

3%4

Swan7.4 mi away

3%4

Osborne28.7 mi away

2%3

Lenexa232.6 mi away

2%3

Wichita169.8 mi away

2%3

Phillipsburg17 mi away

2%3

Big Creek69.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

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

How far

How far Kensington commutes

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

12%

46%

12%

30%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kensington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kensington are

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

Jobs based in Kensington

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kensington residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−3%

Jobs based in Kensington, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 166. 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.