Work & commute · Key West

Work & commute in Key West, KS

Most working residents leave Key West for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (12%), Emporia (9%) and Hampden (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 119 Key West residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Key West.

119live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Key West goes to work

Burlington14.1 mi away

12%15

Emporia24.2 mi away

9%11

Hampden14.6 mi away

8%10

Waverly7.7 mi away

7%8

Ottawa29.6 mi away

7%8

Lawrence46.7 mi away

4%5

Wichita99.9 mi away

4%5

Overland Park66.4 mi away

4%5

LeRoy22.4 mi away

3%4

Iola37.5 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%46

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

How far

How far Key West commutes

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

16%

34%

25%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Key West is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Key West are

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

Jobs based in Key West

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities96%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Key West residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+11%

Jobs based in Key West, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 90. 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.