Work & commute · Ross

Work & commute in Ross, KS

Most working residents leave Ross for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Osborne (23%), Downs (13%) and Natoma (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

45 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 282 Ross residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ross.

282live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ross goes to work

Osborne10.6 mi away

23%75

Downs1.8 mi away

13%43

Natoma35.1 mi away

8%27

Beloit23.4 mi away

6%21

Hays61.3 mi away

4%13

Cawker City5.8 mi away

3%11

Round Mound29.7 mi away

3%10

Wichita142.5 mi away

2%6

Mankato25 mi away

2%5

Tilden16.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%111

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

How far

How far Ross commutes

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

41%

13%

22%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ross is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ross are

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

Jobs based in Ross

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Ross residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−22%

Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 381 → 298. 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.