Work & commute · Quinter

Work & commute in Quinter, KS

About one in 4 of Quinter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oakley (6%), Grainfield (5%) and Grinnell (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

98 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 266 Quinter residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quinter.

266live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quinter goes to work

Quinter (in town)right here

27%98

Oakley33 mi away

6%22

Grainfield13.9 mi away

5%17

Grinnell23.6 mi away

4%16

Baker4.1 mi away

4%15

WaKeeney19.2 mi away

3%12

Gove City15.4 mi away

3%11

Colby48.6 mi away

3%11

Grinnell21.7 mi away

3%10

Hays50.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%143

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

How far

How far Quinter commutes

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

32%

18%

19%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quinter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Quinter are

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

Jobs based in Quinter

471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Quinter residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−6%

Jobs based in Quinter, 2013 → 2023: 502 → 471. 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.