Work & commute · Scandia

Work & commute in Scandia, KS

Most working residents leave Scandia for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Belleville (24%), Courtland (10%) and Concordia (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

15 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 128 Scandia residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scandia.

128live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scandia goes to work

Belleville8.2 mi away

24%34

Courtland6 mi away

10%15

Scandia (in town)right here

10%15

Concordia17.5 mi away

6%8

Salina68.6 mi away

5%7

Wichita147.5 mi away

3%4

Bruning, NE38.9 mi away

3%4

Manhattan75.6 mi away

2%3

Superior, NE21.4 mi away

2%3

Courtland5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%47

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

How far

How far Scandia commutes

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

51%

16%

10%

23%

51%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scandia is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scandia are

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

Jobs based in Scandia

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Scandia residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−40%

Jobs based in Scandia, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 98. 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.