Work & commute · Rossville

Work & commute in Rossville, KS

Most working residents leave Rossville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (52%), Soldier (5%) and Silver Lake (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 503 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 498 Rossville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rossville.

498live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rossville goes to work

Topeka15.3 mi away

52%262

Soldier15.5 mi away

5%26

Silver Lake5.6 mi away

4%21

St. Marys7.3 mi away

4%18

Overland Park69.7 mi away

3%17

Menoken9.6 mi away

3%15

Lawrence38.7 mi away

2%9

Lenexa62.6 mi away

2%9

Belvue13.5 mi away

1%6

Rossville (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%115

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

How far

How far Rossville commutes

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

11%

68%

16%

11%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rossville is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rossville are

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

Jobs based in Rossville

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Rossville residents hold

503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−12%

Jobs based in Rossville, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 200. 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.