Work & commute · Powhattan

Work & commute in Powhattan, KS

Most working residents leave Powhattan for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sabetha (15%), Hiawatha (12%) and Topeka (12%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 33 Powhattan residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powhattan.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powhattan goes to work

Sabetha13.3 mi away

15%5

Hiawatha8 mi away

12%4

Topeka50.3 mi away

12%4

Seneca23.7 mi away

6%2

Powhattan4.8 mi away

6%2

Morrill12 mi away

3%1

Bern22.6 mi away

3%1

Fairview7.3 mi away

3%1

La Crosse214.5 mi away

3%1

Wamego52.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%11

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.

24%

36%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powhattan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powhattan are

35 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

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Powhattan residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+35%

Jobs based in Powhattan, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 35. 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.