Work & commute · Meade Center

Work & commute in Meade Center, KS

About one in 3 of Meade Center’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Meade (35%), Fowler (6%) and Dodge City (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

245 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 435 Meade Center residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meade Center.

435live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meade Center goes to work

Meade2.9 mi away

35%237

Fowler13.2 mi away

6%41

Dodge City40.3 mi away

6%41

Liberal34.1 mi away

5%35

Plains12.7 mi away

4%29

Wichita168 mi away

3%19

Mertilla13.1 mi away

2%16

Garden City57.2 mi away

2%13

Topeka282 mi away

2%12

Copeland26.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%227

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

How far

How far Meade Center commutes

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

37%

17%

22%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meade Center is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meade Center are

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

Jobs based in Meade Center

641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Meade Center residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+34%

Jobs based in Meade Center, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 641. 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.