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Work & commute · Stafford

Work & commute in Stafford, KS

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Great Bend (8%), Wichita (8%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
18%
86 of 476 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 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 390 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

390live here, work elsewhere
86live and work here
175work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Stafford goes to work

HudsonSewardIukaStaffordSt. JohnClearwaterKingmanPrattHaysGreat BendHutchinsonWichitaEast CooperStaffordWest CooperFairviewGreat BendWichitaHutchinsonPrattSt. JohnHaysHudsonIukaClearwaterStafford
1
Stafford (in town)right here
18%86
2
Great Bend29.4 mi away
8%36
3
Wichita70.8 mi away
8%36
4
Hutchinson38.3 mi away
6%27
5
Pratt20.4 mi away
5%24
6
St. John9.2 mi away
4%17
7
Hays74.6 mi away
2%11
8
Hudson10.4 mi away
2%10
9
Iuka17.7 mi away
2%10
10
Clearwater67.8 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%209

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

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

Jobs based in Stafford

261 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

476 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−10%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 261. 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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