Work & commute · Parsons

Work & commute in Parsons, KS

54% of Parsons’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North (3%), Pittsburg (3%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54%

2,139 of 3,931 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 1,792 Parsons residents head out of town to work, 2,139 work right here, and 4,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parsons.

1,792live here, work elsewhere

2,139live and work here

4,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parsons goes to work

Parsons (in town)right here

54%2,139

North3.3 mi away

3%121

Pittsburg31.6 mi away

3%120

Wichita116.8 mi away

2%97

Independence25.7 mi away

2%82

Chanute25.6 mi away

2%79

Altamont10.4 mi away

2%71

Coffeyville29.8 mi away

2%65

Topeka119.8 mi away

1%53

Overland Park111.9 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,064

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

How far

How far Parsons commutes

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

60%

13%

20%

60%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parsons 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 Parsons are

6,160 jobs are based in Parsons. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Parsons’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Parsons

6,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Parsons residents hold

3,931 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−12%

Jobs based in Parsons, 2013 → 2023: 7,037 → 6,160. 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.