Work & commute · South Haven

Work & commute in South Haven, KS

Most working residents leave South Haven for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (17%), Wellington (16%) and Caldwell (15%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 South Haven residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Haven.

186live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Haven goes to work

Wichita43.4 mi away

17%35

Wellington14.8 mi away

16%32

Caldwell10.6 mi away

15%30

South Haven1.4 mi away

8%16

Winfield27.2 mi away

3%6

Hutchinson74.1 mi away

2%5

Riverside36.8 mi away

2%5

Caldwell12.5 mi away

2%4

Conway Springs25.7 mi away

1%3

Augusta50.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%65

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

How far

How far South Haven commutes

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

10%

34%

33%

23%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Haven are

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

Jobs based in South Haven

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs South Haven residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+121%

Jobs based in South Haven, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 157. 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.