Work & commute · Pike

Work & commute in Pike, KS

Most working residents leave Pike for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Emporia (48%), Topeka (7%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 416 Pike residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pike.

416live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pike goes to work

Emporia4.8 mi away

48%202

Topeka54.7 mi away

7%28

Wichita75.5 mi away

5%19

Manhattan58.1 mi away

2%10

Americus8.3 mi away

2%9

Lawrence67.5 mi away

2%8

Overland Park92.5 mi away

2%7

Kansas City97.2 mi away

2%7

Council Grove22.2 mi away

1%6

Olathe85.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%120

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

How far

How far Pike commutes

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

51%

41%

51%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pike is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pike are

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

Jobs based in Pike

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pike residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−24%

Jobs based in Pike, 2013 → 2023: 119 → 90. 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.