Work & commute · Noble

Work & commute in Noble, KS

Most working residents leave Noble for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Frankfort (14%), Marysville (12%) and Manhattan (10%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 65 Noble residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Noble.

65live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Noble goes to work

Frankfort6.9 mi away

14%10

Marysville21 mi away

12%8

Manhattan39.4 mi away

10%7

Vermillion1.6 mi away

6%4

Holton33.7 mi away

6%4

Seneca14.9 mi away

4%3

Wichita150.4 mi away

4%3

Olathe96.8 mi away

4%3

Junction City55.6 mi away

3%2

Overland Park102.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%23

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

How far

How far Noble commutes

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

23%

20%

23%

33%

23%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Noble is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Noble are

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

Jobs based in Noble

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Noble residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+378%

Jobs based in Noble, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 86. 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.