Work & commute · Moundridge

Work & commute in Moundridge, KS

Most working residents leave Moundridge for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are McPherson (15%), Wichita (8%) and McPherson (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

161 of 857 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 696 Moundridge residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moundridge.

696live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moundridge goes to work

Moundridge (in town)right here

19%161

McPherson14.2 mi away

15%129

Wichita36.6 mi away

8%65

McPherson15.2 mi away

8%65

Hutchinson23.4 mi away

6%51

Inman14.1 mi away

5%40

Hesston6.4 mi away

4%31

Newton14.6 mi away

3%22

King City10 mi away

3%22

Salina42.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%255

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

How far

How far Moundridge commutes

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

26%

47%

16%

11%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moundridge is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moundridge are

1,626 jobs are based in Moundridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moundridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moundridge

1,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Moundridge residents hold

857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+82%

Jobs based in Moundridge, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 1,626. 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.