Work & commute · Riverton

Work & commute in Riverton, KS

Most working residents leave Riverton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Joplin (27%), Baxter Springs (9%) and Galena (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 308 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 299 Riverton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverton.

299live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverton goes to work

Joplin, MO11.3 mi away

27%82

Baxter Springs4 mi away

9%28

Galena3.9 mi away

6%18

Pittsburg23.5 mi away

6%17

Columbus10.2 mi away

4%11

Topeka145.8 mi away

3%9

Riverton (in town)right here

3%9

Fort Scott52.1 mi away

3%8

Parsons35.6 mi away

2%6

Garden2.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%114

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

How far

How far Riverton commutes

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

28%

46%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverton are

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

Jobs based in Riverton

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Riverton residents hold

308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 163. 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.