Work & commute · Meade

Work & commute in Meade, KS

About one in 3 of Meade’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (6%), Fowler (5%) and Liberal (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

215 of 583 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 368 Meade residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meade.

368live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meade goes to work

Meade (in town)right here

37%215

Dodge City37.5 mi away

6%34

Fowler10.6 mi away

5%32

Liberal36.1 mi away

5%29

Plains13.6 mi away

4%21

Wichita166.6 mi away

3%15

Mertilla11.7 mi away

2%13

Garden City55.3 mi away

2%12

Copeland24.9 mi away

2%10

Topeka279.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%193

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

How far

How far Meade commutes

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

39%

15%

22%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meade is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meade are

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

Jobs based in Meade

498 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Meade residents hold

583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+23%

Jobs based in Meade, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 498. 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.