Work & commute · Potosi

Work & commute in Potosi, KS

Most working residents leave Potosi for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Mound City (8%), Pleasanton (7%) and Fort Scott (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

100 of 728 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 628 Potosi residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potosi.

628live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potosi goes to work

Mound City7.8 mi away

8%57

Potosi (in town)right here

7%52

Pleasanton1.1 mi away

7%48

Fort Scott24.1 mi away

4%30

Olathe49.2 mi away

4%27

Arkansas City149.6 mi away

4%26

Wichita149 mi away

3%25

Paola29.3 mi away

3%24

Overland Park49.2 mi away

3%23

La Cygne12.5 mi away

3%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%395

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

How far

How far Potosi commutes

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

25%

12%

24%

38%

25%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potosi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Potosi are

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

Jobs based in Potosi

548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Potosi residents hold

728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+35%

Jobs based in Potosi, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 548. 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.