Work & commute · Scammon

Work & commute in Scammon, KS

Most working residents leave Scammon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (31%), Columbus (6%) and Frontenac (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Scammon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scammon.

157live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scammon goes to work

Pittsburg11.6 mi away

31%49

Columbus7.5 mi away

6%10

Frontenac14.1 mi away

4%7

Joplin, MO22.7 mi away

4%7

Parsons24.6 mi away

4%6

Girard15.9 mi away

3%5

Baxter Springs18.6 mi away

3%4

Baker7.5 mi away

3%4

Weir3.4 mi away

2%3

Galena17.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%60

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

How far

How far Scammon commutes

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

14%

59%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scammon is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scammon are

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

Jobs based in Scammon

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month76%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Scammon residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Scammon, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 17. 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.