Work & commute · McPherson

Work & commute in McPherson, KS

40% of McPherson’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are McPherson (15%), Wichita (7%) and King City (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

2,525 of 6,250 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 3,725 McPherson residents head out of town to work, 2,525 work right here, and 4,198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McPherson.

3,725live here, work elsewhere

2,525live and work here

4,198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McPherson goes to work

McPherson (in town)right here

40%2,525

McPherson2.4 mi away

15%953

Wichita50.1 mi away

7%422

King City4.8 mi away

5%321

Hutchinson24.9 mi away

4%238

Salina30.7 mi away

3%211

Moundridge14.2 mi away

2%124

Newton28.8 mi away

1%86

Hesston20.5 mi away

1%65

Topeka115.6 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,241

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

How far

How far McPherson commutes

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

63%

13%

16%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McPherson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McPherson are

6,723 jobs are based in McPherson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McPherson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McPherson

6,723 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs McPherson residents hold

6,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in McPherson, 2013 → 2023: 7,102 → 6,723. 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.