Work & commute · Medora

Work & commute in Medora, KS

Most working residents leave Medora for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (42%), Buhler (9%) and Wichita (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 697 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 687 Medora residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medora.

687live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medora goes to work

Hutchinson6.1 mi away

42%296

Buhler4.6 mi away

9%63

Wichita41.7 mi away

8%53

McPherson18.8 mi away

4%27

McPherson21.3 mi away

2%17

Moundridge18.9 mi away

2%16

South Hutchinson9.6 mi away

2%16

Medora (in town)right here

1%10

Salina48.2 mi away

1%8

Topeka131.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%183

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

How far

How far Medora commutes

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

58%

17%

13%

12%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medora is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Medora are

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

Jobs based in Medora

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Medora residents hold

697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−68%

Jobs based in Medora, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 146. 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.