Work & commute · Pawnee

Work & commute in Pawnee, KS

About one in 4 of Pawnee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Larned (17%), Great Bend (10%) and Wichita (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

61 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 197 Pawnee residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 866 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawnee.

197live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

866work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawnee goes to work

Pawnee (in town)right here

24%61

Larned4.9 mi away

17%45

Great Bend22.5 mi away

10%25

Wichita106.2 mi away

7%19

Santa Fe6.4 mi away

5%13

Hutchinson69.8 mi away

3%9

Pleasant Grove9.1 mi away

3%7

Hays46.2 mi away

2%4

Great Bend26.9 mi away

2%4

Burdett19.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%68

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

How far

How far Pawnee commutes

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

51%

13%

30%

51%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawnee is a job hub

3.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawnee are

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

Jobs based in Pawnee

927 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Pawnee residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+13143%

Jobs based in Pawnee, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 927. 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.