Work & commute · Otis

Work & commute in Otis, KS

Most working residents leave Otis for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (23%), Hays (14%) and Great Bend (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 103 Otis residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otis.

103live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otis goes to work

La Crosse13.8 mi away

23%25

Hays28 mi away

14%15

Great Bend18.4 mi away

7%8

Wichita109.6 mi away

7%7

La Crosse-Brookdale17.3 mi away

6%6

Rush Center14.7 mi away

4%4

Otis (in town)right here

4%4

Susank16.8 mi away

3%3

Lenexa230.9 mi away

3%3

Pawnee22.5 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%29

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

How far

How far Otis commutes

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

49%

27%

20%

5%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otis is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otis are

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

Jobs based in Otis

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Otis residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+82%

Jobs based in Otis, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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.