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Work & commute · St. John

Work & commute in St. John, KS

About one in 5 of St. John’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wichita (7%), Great Bend (7%) and Macksville (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
20%
107 of 546 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 439 St. John residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. John.

439live here, work elsewhere
107live and work here
275work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where St. John goes to work

StaffordMacksvilleSt. JohnPrattHaysGreat BendHutchinsonManhattanWichitaOlathePawneeRichlandDouglasLincolnFarmingtonWichitaGreat BendMacksvillePrattStaffordHutchinsonPawneeFarmingtonManhattanSt. John
1
St. John (in town)right here
20%107
2
Wichita80 mi away
7%37
3
Great Bend24.9 mi away
7%36
4
Macksville11.7 mi away
6%32
5
Pratt20.8 mi away
5%30
6
Stafford9.2 mi away
3%18
7
Hutchinson46.6 mi away
2%11
8
Pawnee27.4 mi away
2%11
9
Farmington11.6 mi away
2%10
10
Manhattan142.4 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%245

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

How far

How far St. John commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

St. John is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. John are

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

Jobs based in St. John

382 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs St. John residents hold

546 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month44%
−6%

Jobs based in St. John, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 382. 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.

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