Work & commute · Spivey

Work & commute in Spivey, KS

Most working residents leave Spivey for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (15%), Pratt (11%) and Cunningham (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 27 Spivey residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spivey.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spivey goes to work

Wichita47.8 mi away

15%4

Pratt37.1 mi away

11%3

Cunningham19.9 mi away

7%2

Peters8.2 mi away

7%2

Medicine Lodge25.4 mi away

4%1

Moundridge63 mi away

4%1

Lindsborg82.5 mi away

4%1

Greensburg62.5 mi away

4%1

Anthony21.1 mi away

4%1

Kingman14 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%10

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

How far

How far Spivey commutes

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

12%

19%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spivey is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spivey are

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

Jobs based in Spivey

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Spivey residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Spivey, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 56. 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.