Work & commute · Ninnescah

Work & commute in Ninnescah, KS

Most working residents leave Ninnescah for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (50%), Clearwater (9%) and Waco (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

180 of 1,593 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,413 Ninnescah residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 878 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ninnescah.

1,413live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

878work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ninnescah goes to work

Wichita15.5 mi away

50%791

Clearwater2.5 mi away

9%137

Waco7.8 mi away

7%108

Riverside14.4 mi away

3%49

Ninnescah (in town)right here

3%43

Goddard9.7 mi away

2%32

Hutchinson42.4 mi away

2%26

Topeka144.6 mi away

2%25

Haysville10.7 mi away

1%23

Derby15.8 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%337

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

How far

How far Ninnescah commutes

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

18%

66%

10%

18%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ninnescah is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ninnescah are

1,058 jobs are based in Ninnescah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ninnescah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ninnescah

1,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ninnescah residents hold

1,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+35%

Jobs based in Ninnescah, 2013 → 2023: 782 → 1,058. 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.