Work & commute · Menlo

Work & commute in Menlo, KS

Most working residents leave Menlo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Colby (38%), Brewster (13%) and Spivey (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 16 Menlo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menlo.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menlo goes to work

Colby17.2 mi away

38%6

Brewster34.9 mi away

13%2

Spivey191.2 mi away

6%1

Hoxie15.2 mi away

6%1

WaKeeney50.6 mi away

6%1

Goodland52.9 mi away

6%1

Dodge City116.7 mi away

6%1

Salina170.9 mi away

6%1

Grinnell20 mi away

6%1

WaKeeney55 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Menlo commutes

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

50%

13%

38%

0%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menlo is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menlo are

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

Jobs based in Menlo

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Menlo residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−14%

Jobs based in Menlo, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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.