Work & commute · Mound

Work & commute in Mound, KS

About one in 5 of Mound’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Moundridge (19%), McPherson (15%) and Wichita (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

195 of 992 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 797 Mound residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 1,455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mound.

797live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

1,455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mound goes to work

Moundridge1.2 mi away

19%192

McPherson13 mi away

15%148

Wichita37.6 mi away

8%75

McPherson14 mi away

8%75

Hutchinson22.9 mi away

6%58

Inman13.1 mi away

5%45

Hesston7.7 mi away

4%37

Newton15.9 mi away

3%31

King City8.7 mi away

2%24

Salina41.6 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%289

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

How far

How far Mound commutes

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

27%

47%

16%

11%

27%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mound is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mound are

1,650 jobs are based in Mound. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mound

1,650 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mound residents hold

992 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+19%

Jobs based in Mound, 2013 → 2023: 1,385 → 1,650. 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.