Work & commute · Phillipsburg

Work & commute in Phillipsburg, KS

Most working residents leave Phillipsburg for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Phillipsburg (33%), Norton (8%) and Almena (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

5 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 90 Phillipsburg residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phillipsburg.

90live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phillipsburg goes to work

Phillipsburg3.3 mi away

33%33

Phillipsburg (in town)right here

9%9

Norton28.8 mi away

8%8

Almena20.2 mi away

4%4

Logan14.6 mi away

4%4

Glade7.8 mi away

3%3

Kensington17 mi away

2%2

Russell68 mi away

2%2

Hays62.9 mi away

2%2

Hutchinson142.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%30

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

How far

How far Phillipsburg commutes

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

47%

14%

13%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phillipsburg is a job hub

3.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phillipsburg are

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

Jobs based in Phillipsburg

333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Phillipsburg residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+25%

Jobs based in Phillipsburg, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 333. 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.