Work & commute · Murdock

Work & commute in Murdock, KS

Most working residents leave Murdock for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (35%), El Dorado (10%) and Whitewater (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Murdock residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murdock.

207live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murdock goes to work

Wichita18.5 mi away

35%74

El Dorado13.2 mi away

10%21

Whitewater7.1 mi away

8%17

Newton17.8 mi away

4%8

Andover12.6 mi away

3%6

Topeka110.6 mi away

2%5

Riverside22.2 mi away

2%5

Towanda7.8 mi away

2%4

El Dorado11.8 mi away

2%4

Murdock (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%63

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

How far

How far Murdock commutes

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

20%

63%

11%

20%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murdock is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murdock are

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

Jobs based in Murdock

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Murdock residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+151%

Jobs based in Murdock, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 88. 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.