Work & commute · Olsburg

Work & commute in Olsburg, KS

Most working residents leave Olsburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (21%), Westmoreland (12%) and Onaga (12%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Olsburg residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olsburg.

104live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olsburg goes to work

Manhattan16.8 mi away

21%23

Westmoreland11.1 mi away

12%13

Onaga24.1 mi away

12%13

Topeka56.3 mi away

8%9

Olsburg (in town)right here

5%5

Wamego22.6 mi away

5%5

Junction City30.7 mi away

4%4

Wichita126.7 mi away

4%4

Pottawatomie10.9 mi away

3%3

Concordia55.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%28

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

How far

How far Olsburg commutes

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

56%

12%

24%

8%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olsburg is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olsburg are

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

Jobs based in Olsburg

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Olsburg residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+321%

Jobs based in Olsburg, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 80. 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.