Work & commute · Ness

Work & commute in Ness, KS

41% of Ness’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ransom (12%), Bazine (5%) and Nevada (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

203 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 289 Ness residents head out of town to work, 203 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ness.

289live here, work elsewhere

203live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ness goes to work

Ness City (in town)right here

41%203

Ransom12.7 mi away

12%59

Bazine11.5 mi away

5%26

Nevada12.1 mi away

3%16

Copeland71.7 mi away

2%9

Wichita148.7 mi away

2%8

Center4.4 mi away

1%7

Ohio17.5 mi away

1%7

Dodge City48.3 mi away

1%6

Franklin8.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%145

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

How far

How far Ness commutes

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

45%

24%

23%

45%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ness is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ness are

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

Jobs based in Ness

560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ness residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−21%

Jobs based in Ness, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 560. 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.