Work & commute · Kinsley

Work & commute in Kinsley, KS

Most working residents leave Kinsley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kinsley (33%), Lewis (10%) and Dodge City (10%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 47 Kinsley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kinsley.

47live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kinsley goes to work

Kinsley1.5 mi away

33%16

Lewis8.7 mi away

10%5

Dodge City35.3 mi away

10%5

Pawnee23.3 mi away

6%3

Larned23.8 mi away

4%2

Great Bend44 mi away

4%2

Wichita114.1 mi away

4%2

Wayne8.2 mi away

4%2

Iola218.7 mi away

2%1

Fort Scott257 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%9

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

How far

How far Kinsley commutes

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

52%

10%

19%

52%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kinsley is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kinsley are

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

Jobs based in Kinsley

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Kinsley residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−44%

Jobs based in Kinsley, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 28. 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.