Work & commute · Sabetha

Work & commute in Sabetha, KS

42% of Sabetha’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Seneca (7%), Berwick (7%) and Hiawatha (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

535 of 1,279 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 744 Sabetha residents head out of town to work, 535 work right here, and 1,540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sabetha.

744live here, work elsewhere

535live and work here

1,540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sabetha goes to work

Sabetha (in town)right here

42%535

Seneca15.5 mi away

7%86

Berwick3.7 mi away

7%86

Hiawatha14.1 mi away

3%39

Topeka60.7 mi away

3%37

Rock Creek4.4 mi away

3%36

Holton30.6 mi away

3%34

Capioma8.4 mi away

2%27

Kansas City, MO85.6 mi away

2%24

Wichita174.8 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%355

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

How far

How far Sabetha commutes

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

59%

15%

22%

59%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sabetha is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sabetha are

2,075 jobs are based in Sabetha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sabetha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sabetha

2,075 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Sabetha residents hold

1,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+11%

Jobs based in Sabetha, 2013 → 2023: 1,872 → 2,075. 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.