Work & commute · Swan

Work & commute in Swan, KS

Most working residents leave Swan for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Smith Center (18%), Kensington (9%) and Phillipsburg (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 10 Swan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan.

10live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan goes to work

Smith Center13.9 mi away

18%2

Kensington7.4 mi away

9%1

Phillipsburg18.5 mi away

9%1

Colby113.4 mi away

9%1

Goodland148.4 mi away

9%1

Great Bend105.2 mi away

9%1

Center13.5 mi away

9%1

Oak24.7 mi away

9%1

Deer Creek16.9 mi away

9%1

Swan (in town)right here

9%1

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

How far

How far Swan commutes

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

18%

45%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan is a job hub

2.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan are

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

Jobs based in Swan

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Swan residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+238%

Jobs based in Swan, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 27. 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.