Work & commute · Shirley

Work & commute in Shirley, KS

Most working residents leave Shirley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Concordia (25%), Clyde (11%) and Wichita (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Shirley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shirley.

54live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shirley goes to work

Concordia11.6 mi away

25%14

Clyde4.5 mi away

11%6

Wichita127.4 mi away

7%4

Topeka99.1 mi away

7%4

Manhattan50.2 mi away

5%3

Center12.4 mi away

5%3

Miltonvale12.6 mi away

4%2

Clay Center19.4 mi away

4%2

Junction City46.7 mi away

4%2

Salina50.6 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%13

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

How far

How far Shirley commutes

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

15%

45%

11%

29%

15%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shirley is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shirley are

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

Jobs based in Shirley

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Shirley residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+14%

Jobs based in Shirley, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 8. 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.