Work & commute · Smoky View

Work & commute in Smoky View, KS

Most working residents leave Smoky View for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (55%), Liberty (4%) and Smolan (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 376 Smoky View residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smoky View.

376live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smoky View goes to work

Salina10.7 mi away

55%211

Liberty5.7 mi away

4%16

Smolan5.4 mi away

4%15

Wichita68.9 mi away

4%14

McPherson18.1 mi away

4%14

Lindsborg6 mi away

3%11

Assaria2.4 mi away

2%8

McPherson20.1 mi away

2%8

Abilene28.7 mi away

1%5

Moundridge32.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%78

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

How far

How far Smoky View commutes

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

28%

51%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smoky View is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smoky View are

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

Jobs based in Smoky View

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Smoky View residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+34%

Jobs based in Smoky View, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 179. 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.