Work & commute · Ottawa

Work & commute in Ottawa, KS

Most working residents leave Ottawa for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (33%), Bennington (17%) and Manhattan (17%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 12 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

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12 Ottawa residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ottawa.

12live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ottawa goes to work

Salina22.4 mi away

33%4

Bennington10.6 mi away

17%2

Manhattan43.7 mi away

17%2

Beloit45.1 mi away

8%1

Concordia34.9 mi away

8%1

Red Cloud, NE90.4 mi away

8%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%1

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

How far

How far Ottawa commutes

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

17%

33%

42%

17%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ottawa is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ottawa are

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

Jobs based in Ottawa

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Ottawa residents hold

12 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.