Work & commute · Strong

Work & commute in Strong, KS

Most working residents leave Strong for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cottonwood Falls (28%), Emporia (16%) and Wichita (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 160 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 157 Strong residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strong.

157live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strong goes to work

Cottonwood Falls1.9 mi away

28%45

Emporia18.5 mi away

16%26

Wichita65.8 mi away

6%10

Topeka63.3 mi away

6%10

Falls3.5 mi away

3%5

Lenexa101.4 mi away

3%4

Cottonwood13.6 mi away

3%4

Strong City (in town)right here

2%3

El Dorado43.5 mi away

2%3

Lawrence78.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%47

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

How far

How far Strong commutes

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

38%

24%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strong is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Strong are

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

Jobs based in Strong

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Strong residents hold

160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+26%

Jobs based in Strong, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 53. 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.