Work & commute · Sawyer

Work & commute in Sawyer, KS

Most working residents leave Sawyer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pratt (30%), Wichita (12%) and Great Bend (9%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

59 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 32 Sawyer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sawyer.

32live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sawyer goes to work

Pratt14.6 mi away

30%10

Wichita74.2 mi away

12%4

Great Bend59.8 mi away

9%3

Kingman32.7 mi away

6%2

Topeka193.7 mi away

6%2

Los Angeles, CA1129.7 mi away

3%1

Sawyer (in town)right here

3%1

Atchison238.9 mi away

3%1

Derby78.3 mi away

3%1

Dodge City75.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%7

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

How far

How far Sawyer commutes

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

33%

52%

9%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sawyer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sawyer are

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

Jobs based in Sawyer

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities89%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sawyer residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−79%

Jobs based in Sawyer, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 38. 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.