Work & commute · Onaga

Work & commute in Onaga, KS

Most working residents leave Onaga for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (20%), Westmoreland (12%) and Topeka (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 256 Onaga residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 415 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onaga.

256live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

415work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onaga goes to work

Manhattan31.2 mi away

20%55

Westmoreland14.6 mi away

12%34

Onaga (in town)right here

9%25

Topeka40.4 mi away

8%23

Wamego21 mi away

7%21

Pottawatomie18.5 mi away

2%7

Olsburg24.1 mi away

2%6

Holton23.4 mi away

2%6

Lawrence60.7 mi away

2%5

Riley37.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%95

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

How far

How far Onaga commutes

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

10%

35%

40%

15%

10%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onaga is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Onaga are

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

Jobs based in Onaga

440 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Onaga residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Onaga, 2013 → 2023: 392 → 440. 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.