Work & commute · Syracuse

Work & commute in Syracuse, KS

About one in 3 of Syracuse’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bear Creek (6%), Garden City (2%) and Wichita (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

194 of 585 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 391 Syracuse residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Syracuse.

391live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Syracuse goes to work

Syracuse (in town)right here

33%194

Bear Creek11.1 mi away

6%33

Garden City51.5 mi away

2%14

Wichita243.4 mi away

2%14

Coolidge13 mi away

2%11

Big Bow30.1 mi away

2%11

Liberal78.7 mi away

1%8

Salina234.1 mi away

1%8

Garden City49.3 mi away

1%8

Hays148.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%277

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

How far

How far Syracuse commutes

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

45%

16%

14%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Syracuse is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Syracuse are

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

Jobs based in Syracuse

620 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Syracuse residents hold

585 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−24%

Jobs based in Syracuse, 2013 → 2023: 819 → 620. 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.