Work & commute · Sedan

Work & commute in Sedan, KS

About one in 4 of Sedan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita (7%), Cedar Vale (6%) and Arkansas City (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

95 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 309 Sedan residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sedan.

309live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sedan goes to work

Sedan (in town)right here

24%95

Wichita74.7 mi away

7%28

Cedar Vale17.6 mi away

6%24

Arkansas City47.2 mi away

5%21

Winfield44.5 mi away

4%18

Caney16 mi away

3%11

Independence26.8 mi away

3%11

Bartlesville, OK30 mi away

2%10

Moline17.5 mi away

2%7

Topeka134.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%172

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

How far

How far Sedan commutes

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

30%

16%

20%

34%

30%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sedan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sedan are

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

Jobs based in Sedan

370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Sedan residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−20%

Jobs based in Sedan, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 370. 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.