Work & commute · Seneca

Work & commute in Seneca, KS

43% of Seneca’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sabetha (7%), Bern (6%) and Topeka (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

436 of 1,021 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 585 Seneca residents head out of town to work, 436 work right here, and 1,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seneca.

585live here, work elsewhere

436live and work here

1,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seneca goes to work

Seneca (in town)right here

43%436

Sabetha15.5 mi away

7%69

Bern10 mi away

6%66

Topeka59 mi away

5%54

Richmond2.4 mi away

3%35

Kansas City, MO94.8 mi away

2%23

Lawrence74.3 mi away

2%20

Overland Park98.6 mi away

2%19

Washington10 mi away

1%14

Hiawatha28.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%272

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

How far

How far Seneca commutes

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

55%

17%

24%

55%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seneca is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Seneca are

2,268 jobs are based in Seneca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seneca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seneca

2,268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Seneca residents hold

1,021 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1%

Jobs based in Seneca, 2013 → 2023: 2,235 → 2,268. 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.