Work & commute · Seward

Work & commute in Seward, KS

Most working residents leave Seward for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Liberal (46%), Garden City (6%) and Liberal (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 95 Seward residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seward.

95live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seward goes to work

Liberal19.1 mi away

46%44

Garden City45.5 mi away

6%6

Liberal14.4 mi away

4%4

Kismet11.8 mi away

3%3

Dodge City55.4 mi away

3%3

Guymon, OK55.1 mi away

3%3

Fowler36.8 mi away

2%2

Sublette11.4 mi away

2%2

Hugoton28.3 mi away

2%2

Holcomb46.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%26

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

How far

How far Seward commutes

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

53%

23%

22%

1%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seward is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Seward are

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

Jobs based in Seward

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Seward residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+161%

Jobs based in Seward, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 99. 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.