Work & commute · Rockford

Work & commute in Rockford, KS

Most working residents leave Rockford for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (46%), Derby (14%) and Riverside (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,339 of 10,166 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,827 Rockford residents head out of town to work, 1,339 work right here, and 4,433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockford.

8,827live here, work elsewhere

1,339live and work here

4,433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockford goes to work

Wichita13.8 mi away

46%4,680

Derby3.6 mi away

14%1,388

Riverside6.2 mi away

7%675

Waco13.4 mi away

3%344

Mulvane3.5 mi away

3%342

Overland Park166.2 mi away

2%167

Andover12.2 mi away

1%126

Topeka132.9 mi away

1%121

Haysville8.4 mi away

1%105

Rockford (in town)right here

1%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%2,113

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

How far

How far Rockford commutes

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

36%

48%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockford is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockford are

5,772 jobs are based in Rockford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockford

5,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Rockford residents hold

10,166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Rockford, 2013 → 2023: 4,336 → 5,772. 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.