Work & commute · Simpson

Work & commute in Simpson, KS

Most working residents leave Simpson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (60%), Salina (9%) and Cawker City (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 33 Simpson residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simpson.

33live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simpson goes to work

Beloit10.8 mi away

60%21

Salina43.1 mi away

9%3

Simpson (in town)right here

6%2

Cawker City28 mi away

3%1

Concordia19.8 mi away

3%1

Great Bend84.9 mi away

3%1

Newton98.4 mi away

3%1

Manhattan72.3 mi away

3%1

Wichita121.4 mi away

3%1

Topeka122.2 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%2

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

How far

How far Simpson commutes

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

63%

11%

17%

9%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simpson is a job hub

6.20jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simpson are

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

Jobs based in Simpson

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Simpson residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+3000%

Jobs based in Simpson, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 217. 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.