Work & commute · Pierceville

Work & commute in Pierceville, KS

Most working residents leave Pierceville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Garden City (39%), Garden City (10%) and Holcomb (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 173 Pierceville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierceville.

173live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierceville goes to work

Garden City8.9 mi away

39%67

Garden City13.5 mi away

10%18

Holcomb16.2 mi away

7%13

Sherlock18.5 mi away

5%9

Lakin29.8 mi away

3%5

Cimarron21.1 mi away

2%4

Scott City40.9 mi away

2%4

Wichita184.3 mi away

2%4

Garfield21.3 mi away

2%3

WaKeeney89.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%45

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

How far

How far Pierceville commutes

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

16%

56%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierceville is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierceville are

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

Jobs based in Pierceville

291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Pierceville residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in Pierceville, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 291. 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.