Work & commute · Nevada

Work & commute in Nevada, KS

Most working residents leave Nevada for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Ness City (40%), Ransom (8%) and Bazine (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

15 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 120 Nevada residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nevada.

120live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nevada goes to work

Ness City12.1 mi away

40%54

Ransom1.4 mi away

8%11

Bazine17.2 mi away

7%10

Garden City68.2 mi away

3%4

Nevada (in town)right here

3%4

Utica14.1 mi away

2%3

Kansas City280 mi away

2%3

Ohio12.6 mi away

2%3

Liberal122.7 mi away

1%2

Manhattan181.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%39

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

How far

How far Nevada commutes

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

14%

52%

30%

14%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nevada is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nevada are

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

Jobs based in Nevada

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Nevada residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+33%

Jobs based in Nevada, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 200. 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.