Work & commute · Newbern

Work & commute in Newbern, KS

Most working residents leave Newbern for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (27%), Abilene (13%) and Solomon (12%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 134 Newbern residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newbern.

134live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newbern goes to work

Salina22 mi away

27%36

Abilene6.9 mi away

13%17

Solomon11 mi away

12%16

Wichita78.9 mi away

5%7

Lincoln8.7 mi away

5%7

Smolan25.1 mi away

4%5

Emporia61.9 mi away

3%4

Topeka82.4 mi away

3%4

Junction City23.5 mi away

2%3

Ohio30.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%34

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

How far

How far Newbern commutes

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

21%

48%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newbern is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newbern are

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

Jobs based in Newbern

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Newbern residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+800%

Jobs based in Newbern, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 9. 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.