Work & commute · Meriden

Work & commute in Meriden, KS

Most working residents leave Meriden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (39%), Lawrence (8%) and Rock Creek (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 344 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 339 Meriden residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meriden.

339live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meriden goes to work

Topeka12.7 mi away

39%134

Lawrence22.7 mi away

8%26

Rock Creek2.8 mi away

6%20

Soldier5.5 mi away

6%19

Lenexa43.8 mi away

2%8

Kansas City, MO54.7 mi away

2%8

Olathe45.4 mi away

2%7

McLouth19.3 mi away

1%5

Meriden (in town)right here

1%5

Wichita141.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%107

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

How far

How far Meriden commutes

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

19%

52%

11%

18%

19%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meriden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meriden are

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

Jobs based in Meriden

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Meriden residents hold

344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Meriden, 2013 → 2023: 343 → 262. 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.