Work & commute · Longford

Work & commute in Longford, KS

Most working residents leave Longford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clay Center (32%), Junction City (11%) and Topeka (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 28 Longford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longford.

28live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longford goes to work

Clay Center18 mi away

32%9

Junction City27.5 mi away

11%3

Topeka88.1 mi away

11%3

Wakefield16.9 mi away

7%2

Washington46.9 mi away

4%1

Belleville47.9 mi away

4%1

Abilene17.9 mi away

4%1

Leavenworth129.1 mi away

4%1

Manhattan38.8 mi away

4%1

Olathe136.2 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%5

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

How far

How far Longford commutes

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

50%

29%

21%

0%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longford is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longford are

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

Jobs based in Longford

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less76%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Longford residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−13%

Jobs based in Longford, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 21. 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.