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Work & commute · Pioneer

Work & commute in Pioneer, KS

Most working residents leave Pioneer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (26%), Hays (15%) and Wichita (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
4 of 133 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 129 Pioneer residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pioneer.

129live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pioneer goes to work

SusankLiebenthalOlmitzBisonRush CenterOtisMcCrackenLa CrossePhillipsburgHaysGarden CityWinfieldGreat BendLiberalLenexaWichitaPleasantdalePioneerLone StarLa Crosse-BrookdaleGarfieldGrantLa CrosseHaysWichitaGreat BendLa Crosse-BrookdaleRush CenterOtisSusankWinfieldLenexaPioneer
1
La Crosse12.3 mi away
26%34
2
Hays27.6 mi away
15%20
3
Wichita110.7 mi away
8%10
4
Great Bend19.3 mi away
6%8
5
La Crosse-Brookdale15.8 mi away
5%6
6
Rush Center13.2 mi away
3%4
7
Otis1.6 mi away
3%4
8
Susank18.3 mi away
2%3
9
Winfield145.1 mi away
2%3
10
Lenexa232.5 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%38

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

How far

How far Pioneer commutes

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

5%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pioneer is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pioneer are

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

Jobs based in Pioneer

20 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Pioneer residents hold

133 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+67%

Jobs based in Pioneer, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 20. 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.

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