Work & commute · Minneola

Work & commute in Minneola, KS

Most working residents leave Minneola for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (21%), Dodge City (12%) and Dodge (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

38 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 220 Minneola residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minneola.

220live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minneola goes to work

Ashland22.1 mi away

21%53

Minneola (in town)right here

15%38

Dodge City22 mi away

12%32

Dodge24.2 mi away

4%11

Garden City58.8 mi away

3%8

Englewood20.3 mi away

3%7

Lexington22.5 mi away

2%6

Wichita146.9 mi away

2%5

Overland Park305.9 mi away

2%5

Appleton6.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%88

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

How far

How far Minneola commutes

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

17%

49%

11%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minneola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Minneola are

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

Jobs based in Minneola

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Minneola residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+14%

Jobs based in Minneola, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 249. 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.