Work & commute · Santa Fe

Work & commute in Santa Fe, KS

Most working residents leave Santa Fe for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Larned (19%), Pawnee (17%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

7 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

62%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Santa Fe residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Santa Fe.

56live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Santa Fe goes to work

Larned5.9 mi away

19%12

Pawnee6.4 mi away

17%11

Santa Fe (in town)right here

11%7

Wichita104.7 mi away

5%3

Hays52.4 mi away

3%2

Lawrence219.5 mi away

3%2

Topeka198.6 mi away

3%2

Pleasant Grove6.5 mi away

3%2

Great Bend30.7 mi away

3%2

Grant13.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%18

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

How far

How far Santa Fe commutes

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

53%

10%

32%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Santa Fe is a job hub

4.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Santa Fe are

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

Jobs based in Santa Fe

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Santa Fe residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+61%

Jobs based in Santa Fe, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 296. 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.