Work & commute · Sedgwick

Work & commute in Sedgwick, KS

Most working residents leave Sedgwick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (37%), Newton (12%) and Valley Center (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 703 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 684 Sedgwick residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sedgwick.

684live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sedgwick goes to work

Wichita16.3 mi away

37%257

Newton9.2 mi away

12%85

Valley Center6.5 mi away

4%31

Hesston15.3 mi away

3%24

Sedgwick2.6 mi away

3%22

Sedgwick (in town)right here

3%19

Halstead7.5 mi away

2%16

Waco22 mi away

2%16

Riverside24 mi away

2%14

Park City9.2 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%207

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

How far

How far Sedgwick commutes

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

25%

58%

10%

25%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sedgwick is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sedgwick are

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

Jobs based in Sedgwick

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Sedgwick residents hold

703 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−24%

Jobs based in Sedgwick, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 210. 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.