Work & commute · South Mound

Work & commute in South Mound, KS

Most working residents leave South Mound for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (55%), Independence (9%) and Overland Park (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 10 South Mound residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Mound.

10live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Mound goes to work

Parsons7.5 mi away

55%6

Independence30.6 mi away

9%1

Overland Park104.4 mi away

9%1

Waco121.9 mi away

9%1

Richland115.1 mi away

9%1

South Mound (in town)right here

9%1

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

How far

How far South Mound commutes

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

64%

27%

64%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Mound is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Mound are

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

Jobs based in South Mound

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs South Mound residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+500%

Jobs based in South Mound, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 12. 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.