Work & commute · Peabody

Work & commute in Peabody, KS

Most working residents leave Peabody for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (15%), Newton (12%) and Hesston (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 423 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Peabody residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peabody.

393live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peabody goes to work

Wichita35.7 mi away

15%64

Newton15.9 mi away

12%49

Hesston17.6 mi away

9%39

Peabody (in town)right here

7%30

Marion13.8 mi away

6%26

Florence10.8 mi away

5%21

Hillsboro13.7 mi away

4%16

Goessel14.2 mi away

3%14

McPherson33.4 mi away

3%12

Topeka96.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%143

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

How far

How far Peabody commutes

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

45%

27%

20%

9%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peabody is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Peabody are

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

Jobs based in Peabody

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Peabody residents hold

423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−32%

Jobs based in Peabody, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 200. 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.