Work & commute · Plainville

Work & commute in Plainville, KS

About one in 4 of Plainville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hays (16%), Township 11 (12%) and Stockton (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

195 of 786 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 591 Plainville residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainville.

591live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainville goes to work

Plainville (in town)right here

25%195

Hays24.3 mi away

16%125

Township 111 mi away

12%92

Stockton13.3 mi away

6%49

Palco14.1 mi away

3%21

Big Creek30.5 mi away

2%17

Wichita150.2 mi away

2%13

Glade31.1 mi away

2%12

Great Bend66.3 mi away

1%11

WaKeeney34.4 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%241

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

How far

How far Plainville commutes

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

40%

24%

13%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainville is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainville are

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

Jobs based in Plainville

519 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Plainville residents hold

786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−32%

Jobs based in Plainville, 2013 → 2023: 760 → 519. 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.