Work & commute · Pittsburg

Work & commute in Pittsburg, KS

Most working residents leave Pittsburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (20%), Cawker City (9%) and Glen Elder (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 86 Pittsburg residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsburg.

86live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsburg goes to work

Beloit19.4 mi away

20%18

Cawker City11.2 mi away

9%8

Glen Elder12.7 mi away

7%6

Simpson27.1 mi away

5%5

Tipton1.8 mi away

5%5

Salina57.7 mi away

5%5

Downs12.2 mi away

3%3

Osborne15.3 mi away

3%3

Scandia46.7 mi away

2%2

Lincoln Center26.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%35

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

How far

How far Pittsburg commutes

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

11%

45%

18%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsburg are

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

Jobs based in Pittsburg

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Pittsburg residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−14%

Jobs based in Pittsburg, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 83. 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.