Work & commute · Solomon

Work & commute in Solomon, KS

Most working residents leave Solomon for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Concordia (16%), Beloit (10%) and Salina (9%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 199 Solomon residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solomon.

199live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solomon goes to work

Concordia18.1 mi away

16%34

Beloit14.1 mi away

10%21

Salina41 mi away

9%20

Glasco2.1 mi away

8%18

Wichita119.7 mi away

5%10

Manhattan69 mi away

4%9

Topeka118.9 mi away

3%7

Junction City59.6 mi away

3%6

Belleville33.7 mi away

2%5

Clay Center39.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%83

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

How far

How far Solomon commutes

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

12%

32%

20%

37%

12%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solomon is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Solomon are

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

Jobs based in Solomon

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Solomon residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+2%

Jobs based in Solomon, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 130. 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.