Work & commute · McConnell AFB

Work & commute in McConnell AFB, KS

Most working residents leave McConnell AFB for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (55%), Riverside (6%) and Derby (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 402 McConnell AFB residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McConnell AFB.

402live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McConnell AFB goes to work

Wichita6.2 mi away

55%224

Riverside3.7 mi away

6%25

Derby5.2 mi away

5%21

Topeka128.6 mi away

3%13

Overland Park164.1 mi away

2%9

McConnell AFB (in town)right here

2%8

Lawrence141.6 mi away

1%6

Manhattan113 mi away

1%5

Waco9.9 mi away

1%5

Haysville7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%90

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

How far

How far McConnell AFB commutes

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

64%

10%

21%

64%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McConnell AFB is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McConnell AFB are

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

Jobs based in McConnell AFB

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs McConnell AFB residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+17%

Jobs based in McConnell AFB, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 339. 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.