Work & commute · Plum

Work & commute in Plum, KS

Most working residents leave Plum for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Phillipsburg (24%), Phillipsburg (8%) and Kensington (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 160 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 155 Plum residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum.

155live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plum goes to work

Phillipsburg11.2 mi away

24%39

Phillipsburg12.7 mi away

8%13

Kensington4.4 mi away

6%9

Glade12.5 mi away

5%8

Hays63.1 mi away

4%7

Smith Center17.5 mi away

4%6

Garden City155.8 mi away

3%4

Arcade6.4 mi away

3%4

Stockton26.1 mi away

2%3

Wichita173 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%64

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

How far

How far Plum commutes

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

20%

43%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plum 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 are

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

Jobs based in Plum

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Plum residents hold

160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−57%

Jobs based in Plum, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 32. 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.