Work & commute · Moline

Work & commute in Moline, KS

Most working residents leave Moline for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Howard (9%), Wichita (9%) and Fredonia (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

18 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 128 Moline residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moline.

128live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moline goes to work

Moline (in town)right here

12%18

Howard7.6 mi away

9%13

Wichita61.6 mi away

9%13

Fredonia28.8 mi away

7%10

Winfield38.1 mi away

5%8

Arkansas City45.2 mi away

5%7

Eureka32 mi away

3%5

Liberty18.9 mi away

3%5

Independence33.5 mi away

3%4

Sedan17.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%60

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

How far

How far Moline commutes

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

23%

11%

30%

36%

23%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moline are

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

Jobs based in Moline

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Moline residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+886%

Jobs based in Moline, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 217. 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.