Work & commute · Long Island

Work & commute in Long Island, KS

Most working residents leave Long Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Logan (14%), Norton (10%) and Phillipsburg (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 57 Long Island residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Island.

57live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Island goes to work

Logan19.7 mi away

14%8

Norton20.4 mi away

10%6

Phillipsburg17.6 mi away

9%5

Almena10.1 mi away

5%3

Plainville50.7 mi away

3%2

Smith Center41.5 mi away

3%2

Stockton38.5 mi away

3%2

Wichita195.3 mi away

3%2

Long Island2 mi away

3%2

Phillipsburg14.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%24

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

How far

How far Long Island commutes

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

53%

10%

28%

9%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Island is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Island are

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

Jobs based in Long Island

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Long Island residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−22%

Jobs based in Long Island, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 18. 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.