Work & commute · Palco

Work & commute in Palco, KS

Most working residents leave Palco for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Plainville (30%), Hays (11%) and Township 11 (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 84 Palco residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palco.

84live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palco goes to work

Plainville14.1 mi away

30%27

Hays28.7 mi away

11%10

Township 1115 mi away

8%7

Palco (in town)right here

6%5

Glade32.6 mi away

3%3

Stockton19.4 mi away

3%3

Wichita161.3 mi away

3%3

Ellis22 mi away

2%2

Hutchinson121.3 mi away

2%2

Topeka207.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%25

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

How far

How far Palco commutes

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

49%

23%

22%

6%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palco is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Palco are

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

Jobs based in Palco

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Palco residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−32%

Jobs based in Palco, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 71. 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.