Work & commute · Kinsley

Work & commute in Kinsley, KS

About one in 3 of Kinsley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (10%), Wichita (5%) and Larned (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

255 of 685 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 430 Kinsley residents head out of town to work, 255 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kinsley.

430live here, work elsewhere

255live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kinsley goes to work

Kinsley (in town)right here

37%255

Dodge City34.9 mi away

10%67

Wichita113.8 mi away

5%32

Larned24.7 mi away

3%19

Kinsley1.5 mi away

2%15

Dodge35.8 mi away

2%15

Pawnee24.4 mi away

2%13

Topeka215.1 mi away

2%12

Lewis8.6 mi away

2%11

Hays66.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%235

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.

44%

11%

19%

26%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kinsley is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kinsley are

489 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

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kinsley residents hold

685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−18%

Jobs based in Kinsley, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 489. 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.