Work & commute · Sylvan Grove

Work & commute in Sylvan Grove, KS

Most working residents leave Sylvan Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln Center (21%), Salina (10%) and Minneapolis (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 90 Sylvan Grove residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvan Grove.

90live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvan Grove goes to work

Lincoln Center13.5 mi away

21%20

Salina44.1 mi away

10%10

Sylvan Grove (in town)right here

6%6

Minneapolis38.1 mi away

4%4

Ellsworth21.2 mi away

4%4

Beverly22.5 mi away

3%3

Clay Center72.5 mi away

3%3

Wichita107.6 mi away

3%3

Beloit34.8 mi away

2%2

Great Bend50.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%39

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

How far

How far Sylvan Grove commutes

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

39%

24%

29%

8%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvan Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvan Grove are

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

Jobs based in Sylvan Grove

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Sylvan Grove residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−19%

Jobs based in Sylvan Grove, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 124. 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.