Work & commute · Melvern

Work & commute in Melvern, KS

Most working residents leave Melvern for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (17%), Lyndon (10%) and Osage City (10%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 155 Melvern residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melvern.

155live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melvern goes to work

Topeka36.6 mi away

17%27

Lyndon7.7 mi away

10%16

Osage City13.2 mi away

10%16

Emporia31 mi away

6%10

Wichita108.8 mi away

4%7

Lawrence37.1 mi away

3%5

Ottawa21.2 mi away

3%4

Hampden21.8 mi away

3%4

Burlingame20 mi away

2%3

Burlington22.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%62

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

How far

How far Melvern commutes

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

15%

25%

33%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melvern is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melvern are

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

Jobs based in Melvern

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Melvern residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−14%

Jobs based in Melvern, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 51. 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.