Work & commute · Mirage

Work & commute in Mirage, KS

Most working residents leave Mirage for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Atwood (36%), St. Francis (18%) and Herndon (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11 Mirage residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mirage.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mirage goes to work

Atwood15.1 mi away

36%4

St. Francis30.7 mi away

18%2

Herndon30 mi away

9%1

Grainfield55.8 mi away

9%1

Colby21.5 mi away

9%1

Center8.2 mi away

9%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%1

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

How far

How far Mirage commutes

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

60%

30%

10%

0%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mirage is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mirage are

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

Jobs based in Mirage

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Mirage residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month36%

+150%

Jobs based in Mirage, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 5. 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.