Work & commute · Schoenchen

Work & commute in Schoenchen, KS

Most working residents leave Schoenchen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hays (44%), Ellis (15%) and WaKeeney (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Schoenchen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schoenchen.

81live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schoenchen goes to work

Hays11.7 mi away

44%36

Ellis19.5 mi away

15%12

WaKeeney36.5 mi away

4%3

Big Creek7.8 mi away

4%3

Great Bend37.8 mi away

2%2

Lenexa244.3 mi away

2%2

Schoenchen (in town)right here

1%1

Bern199.2 mi away

1%1

Hoxie74.2 mi away

1%1

Montezuma98.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%20

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

How far

How far Schoenchen commutes

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

63%

27%

1%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schoenchen is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schoenchen are

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

Jobs based in Schoenchen

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Schoenchen residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−26%

Jobs based in Schoenchen, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 28. 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.