Work & commute · Powhattan

Work & commute in Powhattan, KS

Most working residents leave Powhattan for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Hiawatha (11%), Sabetha (11%) and Kickapoo Tribal Center (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

45 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 276 Powhattan residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powhattan.

276live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powhattan goes to work

Hiawatha12.7 mi away

11%35

Sabetha13.6 mi away

11%35

Kickapoo Tribal Center4.9 mi away

9%30

Irving22.1 mi away

6%18

Seneca20.7 mi away

4%13

Topeka47.6 mi away

4%13

Falls City, NE24.1 mi away

4%12

Powhattan (in town)right here

3%9

Holton17.6 mi away

2%8

Overland Park79.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%140

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

How far

How far Powhattan commutes

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

21%

41%

15%

23%

21%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powhattan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powhattan are

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

Jobs based in Powhattan

395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Powhattan residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

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Jobs based in Powhattan, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 395. 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.