Work & commute · Stockton

Work & commute in Stockton, KS

About one in 3 of Stockton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hays (7%), Plainville (6%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

189 of 566 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 377 Stockton residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stockton.

377live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stockton goes to work

Stockton (in town)right here

33%189

Hays37.6 mi away

7%42

Plainville13.3 mi away

6%33

Wichita158.8 mi away

3%16

Norton43.3 mi away

3%15

Osborne30.8 mi away

2%14

Township 1113.7 mi away

2%13

Township 69.7 mi away

2%12

Phillipsburg22.7 mi away

2%11

Topeka193.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%210

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

How far

How far Stockton commutes

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

37%

19%

20%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stockton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stockton are

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

Jobs based in Stockton

555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Stockton residents hold

566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+12%

Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 555. 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.