Work & commute · Maize

Work & commute in Maize, KS

Most working residents leave Maize for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (59%), Waco (4%) and Riverside (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

169 of 2,619 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,450 Maize residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 3,530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maize.

2,450live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

3,530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maize goes to work

Wichita8.5 mi away

59%1,544

Maize (in town)right here

6%169

Waco12.1 mi away

4%107

Riverside16 mi away

3%81

Hutchinson31.6 mi away

2%57

Valley Center6.4 mi away

2%47

Park City7.7 mi away

2%46

Goddard9.4 mi away

1%37

Topeka129.2 mi away

1%36

Overland Park168.6 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%460

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

How far

How far Maize commutes

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

59%

26%

10%

59%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maize is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Maize are

3,699 jobs are based in Maize. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maize’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maize

3,699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Maize residents hold

2,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+395%

Jobs based in Maize, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 3,699. 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.