Work & commute · Sherlock

Work & commute in Sherlock, KS

Most working residents leave Sherlock for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Garden City (37%), Garden City (9%) and Holcomb (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

250 of 1,285 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,035 Sherlock residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 3,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherlock.

1,035live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

3,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherlock goes to work

Garden City10.9 mi away

37%470

Sherlock (in town)right here

14%177

Garden City10.4 mi away

9%110

Holcomb4.1 mi away

6%73

Wichita202.7 mi away

2%30

Dodge City57.6 mi away

2%22

Lakin11.5 mi away

1%17

Liberal62.5 mi away

1%15

Cimarron39.5 mi away

1%14

Ulysses30.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%345

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

How far

How far Sherlock commutes

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

64%

20%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherlock is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherlock are

3,900 jobs are based in Sherlock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sherlock

3,900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Sherlock residents hold

1,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+7%

Jobs based in Sherlock, 2013 → 2023: 3,631 → 3,900. 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.