Work & commute · Potwin

Work & commute in Potwin, KS

Most working residents leave Potwin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (34%), El Dorado (11%) and Whitewater (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 184 Potwin residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potwin.

184live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potwin goes to work

Wichita24.9 mi away

34%63

El Dorado11.8 mi away

11%20

Whitewater7.2 mi away

7%13

Topeka104.2 mi away

5%10

Towanda10.2 mi away

4%7

Park City19 mi away

2%4

Newton19.1 mi away

2%4

El Dorado12.7 mi away

2%4

Hutchinson49.2 mi away

2%3

Lenexa139.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%55

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

How far

How far Potwin commutes

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

12%

51%

20%

17%

12%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potwin is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potwin are

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

Jobs based in Potwin

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Potwin residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+56%

Jobs based in Potwin, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 25. 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.