Work & commute · Solomon

Work & commute in Solomon, KS

Most working residents leave Solomon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (51%), Smolan (6%) and Manhattan (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 153 Solomon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solomon.

153live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solomon goes to work

Salina9.9 mi away

51%78

Smolan13.7 mi away

6%9

Manhattan50.9 mi away

4%6

Smoky Hill11.9 mi away

4%6

Wichita78.8 mi away

3%5

Hays101.7 mi away

2%3

McPherson34 mi away

2%3

McPherson31.7 mi away

2%3

Solomon7.3 mi away

1%2

Hutchinson58.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%36

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.

35%

37%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solomon is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Solomon are

82 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

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Solomon residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+52%

Jobs based in Solomon, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 82. 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.