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Work & commute · Plum Grove

Work & commute in Plum Grove, KS

Most working residents leave Plum Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (34%), El Dorado (10%) and Whitewater (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
4 of 254 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 250 Plum Grove residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum Grove.

250live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
47work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Plum Grove goes to work

PotwinWhitewaterFlorenceTowandaBurlingtonHesstonPark CityEl DoradoAndoverNewtonWichitaTopekaRiversidePlum GroveEl DoradoBentonCliffordFairviewMurdockLincolnMiltonWichitaEl DoradoWhitewaterTopekaNewtonTowandaEl DoradoRiversidePark CityAndoverPlum Grove
1
Wichita27.4 mi away
34%86
2
El Dorado11.5 mi away
10%26
3
Whitewater9.1 mi away
6%16
4
Topeka101.7 mi away
4%11
5
Newton20.7 mi away
3%8
6
Towanda11.5 mi away
3%7
7
El Dorado13.3 mi away
3%7
8
Riverside30.8 mi away
2%6
9
Park City21.5 mi away
2%4
10
Andover20.5 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%79

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

How far

How far Plum Grove commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Plum Grove is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plum Grove are

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

Jobs based in Plum Grove

51 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Plum Grove residents hold

254 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+46%

Jobs based in Plum Grove, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 51. 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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