Work & commute · New Strawn

Work & commute in New Strawn, KS

Most working residents leave New Strawn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (14%), Burlington (12%) and Wichita (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 206 New Strawn residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Strawn.

206live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Strawn goes to work

Emporia26.3 mi away

14%29

Burlington4.9 mi away

12%26

Wichita96 mi away

7%14

Topeka53.3 mi away

6%13

Hampden6 mi away

6%13

New Strawn (in town)right here

3%6

Waverly11.8 mi away

2%5

LeRoy13.7 mi away

2%5

Lebo12.4 mi away

2%5

Garnett27.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%91

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

How far

How far New Strawn commutes

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

23%

17%

21%

39%

23%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Strawn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Strawn are

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

Jobs based in New Strawn

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs New Strawn residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−13%

Jobs based in New Strawn, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 165. 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.