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Work & commute · Noble

Work & commute in Noble, KS

Most working residents leave Noble for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Abilene (16%), Salina (10%) and Junction City (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
53 of 670 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 617 Noble residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Noble.

617live here, work elsewhere
53live and work here
318work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Noble goes to work

EnterpriseSolomonChapmanAbileneJunction CitySalinaManhattanWichitaTopekaGrantSmoky HillRinehartNobleLincolnHayesFragrant HillBuckeyeWillowdaleAbileneSalinaJunction CityManhattanChapmanTopekaWichitaLincolnSolomonSmoky HillNoble
1
Abilene13 mi away
16%108
2
Salina35.1 mi away
10%68
3
Junction City8.5 mi away
10%66
4
Manhattan25.2 mi away
8%56
5
Chapman1.8 mi away
8%53
6
Topeka70.3 mi away
5%34
7
Wichita92.2 mi away
3%23
8
Lincoln18.2 mi away
3%23
9
Solomon20.2 mi away
2%16
10
Smoky Hill6.9 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%208

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.

17%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Noble is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Noble are

371 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

371 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)6%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Noble residents hold

670 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−22%

Jobs based in Noble, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 371. 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.

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