Work & commute · Stateline

Work & commute in Stateline, KS

Most working residents leave Stateline for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Goodland (40%), Burlington (6%) and Colby (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Stateline residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stateline.

101live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stateline goes to work

Goodland15.7 mi away

40%43

Burlington, CO14.3 mi away

6%6

Stateline (in town)right here

4%4

Colby51.4 mi away

3%3

Hays146.9 mi away

3%3

Logan11.9 mi away

3%3

Kanorado2.2 mi away

2%2

Dodge City152 mi away

2%2

Salina238 mi away

2%2

Wichita275.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%37

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

How far

How far Stateline commutes

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

55%

36%

6%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stateline is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stateline are

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

Jobs based in Stateline

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Stateline residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+78%

Jobs based in Stateline, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 64. 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.