Work & commute · Tampa

Work & commute in Tampa, KS

Most working residents leave Tampa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hillsboro (14%), Marion (11%) and Salina (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 43 Tampa residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tampa.

43live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tampa goes to work

Hillsboro13.7 mi away

14%6

Marion15.6 mi away

11%5

Salina30.8 mi away

9%4

Lost Springs10.3 mi away

7%3

Wichita60.3 mi away

7%3

Hesston31.8 mi away

5%2

Kansas City135.8 mi away

5%2

McPherson28.2 mi away

5%2

Durham5.9 mi away

2%1

Tampa (in town)right here

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%15

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

How far

How far Tampa commutes

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

36%

25%

34%

5%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tampa is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tampa are

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

Jobs based in Tampa

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tampa residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−18%

Jobs based in Tampa, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 33. 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.