Work & commute · Kiowa

Work & commute in Kiowa, KS

About one in 3 of Kiowa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kiowa (35%), Wichita (10%) and Medicine Lodge (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

138 of 390 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 252 Kiowa residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiowa.

252live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiowa goes to work

Kiowa1.1 mi away

35%136

Wichita77.9 mi away

10%39

Medicine Lodge18.3 mi away

8%31

Alva, OK18.9 mi away

3%13

Anthony26.7 mi away

3%11

Medicine Lodge18.7 mi away

3%11

Hutchinson78.5 mi away

3%10

Hardtner8.3 mi away

2%7

Cherokee, OK20.7 mi away

2%7

Attica21 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%119

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

How far

How far Kiowa commutes

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

39%

19%

34%

39%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiowa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiowa are

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

Jobs based in Kiowa

372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Kiowa residents hold

390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−16%

Jobs based in Kiowa, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 372. 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.