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Work & commute in Piedmont · A commuter town

100% of Piedmont’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Piedmont for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (27%), Wichita (12%) and El Dorado (8%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 26 working residents
Typical commute
51 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Piedmont?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

27% of working residents work in Eureka

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Fall River: 1 residents work here (4%)Towanda: 1 residents work here (4%)Eureka: 7 residents work here (27%)El Dorado: 2 residents work here (8%)Ottawa: 1 residents work here (4%)Emporia: 2 residents work here (8%)Gardner: 1 residents work here (4%)Salina: 1 residents work here (4%)Wichita: 3 residents work here (12%)Kansas City: 1 residents work here (4%)Otter CreekUnion CenterPiedmontEurekaWichitaEl DoradoEmporiaFall RiverTowandaPiedmont
1
Eureka15.4 mi away
27%7
2
Wichita53.3 mi away
12%3
3
El Dorado30 mi away
8%2
4
Emporia55.3 mi away
8%2
5
Fall River19.2 mi away
4%1
6
Towanda35.7 mi away
4%1
7
Ottawa91.1 mi away
4%1
8
Gardner114.1 mi away
4%1
9
Salina106.5 mi away
4%1
10
Kansas City136.8 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%6
The top trips

Where Piedmont clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Piedmont quiets down on a workday

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night27
Workday1
27live here− 26head out to work+ 0come in to work= 1on a workday

About 1 people are in Piedmont on a workday afternoon, 96% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Piedmont commutes less than 51 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEureka: 27% · 15.4 miWichita: 12% · 53.3 miEl Dorado: 8% · 30 miEmporia: 8% · 55.3 miFall River: 4% · 19.2 miTowanda: 4% · 35.7 miOttawa: 4% · 91.1 miGardner: 4% · 114.1 miSalina: 4% · 106.5 miKansas City: 4% · 136.8 miEureka 27%Wichita 12%El Dorado 8%Emporia 8%Fall River 4%Piedmont
PiedmontTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
31%10–24 mi8 residents
15%25–50 mi4 residents
54%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 54% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Piedmont and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Piedmont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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