Work & commute · Natoma

Work & commute in Natoma, KS

Most working residents leave Natoma for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Osborne (23%), Downs (11%) and Beloit (8%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

12 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 104 Natoma residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natoma.

104live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natoma goes to work

Osborne24.6 mi away

23%27

Downs33.6 mi away

11%13

Natoma (in town)right here

10%12

Beloit52.5 mi away

8%9

Smith Center42.4 mi away

5%6

Hays26.5 mi away

4%5

Salina80 mi away

3%3

Round Mound6.1 mi away

3%3

Glade37.5 mi away

2%2

Alton19.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%34

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

How far

How far Natoma commutes

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

13%

25%

32%

30%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natoma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Natoma are

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

Jobs based in Natoma

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Natoma residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+77%

Jobs based in Natoma, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 159. 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.