Work & commute · Southside

Work & commute in Southside, KS

Most working residents leave Southside for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lakin (28%), Garden City (13%) and Deerfield (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 98 Southside residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southside.

98live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southside goes to work

Lakin6.9 mi away

28%27

Garden City19.5 mi away

13%13

Deerfield10.9 mi away

7%7

Deerfield8.6 mi away

4%4

Ulysses21.9 mi away

4%4

Sherlock9.2 mi away

4%4

Lakin10.6 mi away

3%3

Holcomb13.2 mi away

2%2

Salina204 mi away

2%2

Manhattan263.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%30

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

How far

How far Southside commutes

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

42%

27%

12%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southside is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southside are

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

Jobs based in Southside

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Southside residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+345%

Jobs based in Southside, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 98. 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.