Work & commute · Little Valley

Work & commute in Little Valley, KS

Most working residents leave Little Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are McPherson (18%), Salina (12%) and Lindsborg (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Little Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Valley.

190live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Valley goes to work

McPherson15.4 mi away

18%34

Salina43.6 mi away

12%23

Lindsborg27.2 mi away

7%14

Hutchinson10.6 mi away

7%13

Marquette23.7 mi away

6%11

Wichita46 mi away

6%11

King City13.4 mi away

4%8

McPherson17.7 mi away

4%8

Moundridge19.1 mi away

3%5

Manhattan95.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%61

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

How far

How far Little Valley commutes

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

46%

32%

16%

6%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Valley is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Valley are

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

Jobs based in Little Valley

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Little Valley residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−26%

Jobs based in Little Valley, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 45. 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.