Work & commute · Park

Work & commute in Park, KS

Most working residents leave Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (61%), Waco (3%) and Valley Center (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

160 of 4,020 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,860 Park residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 3,985 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park.

3,860live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

3,985work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park goes to work

Wichita8.3 mi away

61%2,442

Park City (in town)right here

4%160

Waco15.6 mi away

3%129

Valley Center2.9 mi away

3%119

Riverside15.4 mi away

3%111

Newton15.9 mi away

2%97

Maize7.7 mi away

1%57

Overland Park161.1 mi away

1%54

Andover13.3 mi away

1%49

Topeka122.3 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%759

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

How far

How far Park commutes

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

58%

29%

10%

58%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Park are

4,145 jobs are based in Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park

4,145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Park residents hold

4,020 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+39%

Jobs based in Park, 2013 → 2023: 2,975 → 4,145. 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.