100% of Summit’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Oberlin (29%), Norton (14%) and McCook (14%). Half commute less than 33 miles.
What kind of work town is Summit?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
29% of working residents work in Oberlin
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Summit clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Summit quiets down on a workday
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Summit on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Summit commutes less than 33 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Summit makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
4 jobs are based in Summit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in Summit
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Summit workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Summit and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oberlin (7%). Darker towns draw more of Summit’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Summit
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summit, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.