Work & commute · Ogallah

Work & commute in Ogallah, KS

Most working residents leave Ogallah for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are WaKeeney (45%), Hays (9%) and Big Creek (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Ogallah residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogallah.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogallah goes to work

WaKeeney13.7 mi away

45%30

Hays19.3 mi away

9%6

Big Creek15.6 mi away

7%5

Quinter31.9 mi away

4%3

Hill City33.3 mi away

3%2

Salina111.3 mi away

3%2

Santa Maria, CA1176.5 mi away

1%1

Cheyenne Wells, CO143.8 mi away

1%1

Avon, CO369.1 mi away

1%1

Smith Center77 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%15

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

How far

How far Ogallah commutes

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

16%

40%

18%

25%

16%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogallah is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogallah are

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

Jobs based in Ogallah

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Ogallah residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+0%

Jobs based in Ogallah, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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.