Work & commute · Scott

Work & commute in Scott, KS

Most working residents leave Scott for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Scott (43%), Pittsburg (4%) and Arkansas City (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 940 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 909 Scott residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scott.

909live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scott goes to work

Fort Scott1.3 mi away

43%406

Pittsburg28.6 mi away

4%35

Scott (in town)right here

3%31

Arkansas City139.4 mi away

3%26

Wichita146 mi away

3%26

Iola39.9 mi away

3%24

Overland Park73.4 mi away

3%24

Nevada, MO18.1 mi away

2%23

Topeka99.9 mi away

2%22

Uniontown16.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%309

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

How far

How far Scott commutes

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

48%

12%

32%

48%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scott is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scott are

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

Jobs based in Scott

352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Scott residents hold

940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−22%

Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 352. 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.