Work & commute · Nickerson

Work & commute in Nickerson, KS

Most working residents leave Nickerson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (38%), Wichita (10%) and Sterling (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 463 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 449 Nickerson residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nickerson.

449live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nickerson goes to work

Hutchinson11.4 mi away

38%175

Wichita51.3 mi away

10%45

Sterling7.7 mi away

5%23

South Hutchinson11.7 mi away

5%23

Reno9 mi away

4%20

Nickerson (in town)right here

3%14

McPherson27.6 mi away

2%11

Salina52.6 mi away

2%10

Topeka142.9 mi away

2%9

McPherson29.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%127

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

How far

How far Nickerson commutes

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

20%

44%

16%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nickerson is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nickerson are

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

Jobs based in Nickerson

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Nickerson residents hold

463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+16%

Jobs based in Nickerson, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 66. 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.