Work & commute · Thayer

Work & commute in Thayer, KS

Most working residents leave Thayer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (20%), Chanute (18%) and Chetopa (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 188 Thayer residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thayer.

188live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thayer goes to work

Parsons15.8 mi away

20%38

Chanute12.5 mi away

18%35

Chetopa2.1 mi away

4%8

Erie14.1 mi away

3%6

Wichita103.4 mi away

3%6

Neodesha12.2 mi away

3%5

Canville7.5 mi away

3%5

Humboldt22.5 mi away

2%4

Fredonia19.2 mi away

2%4

Independence22 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%75

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

How far

How far Thayer commutes

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

61%

12%

19%

8%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thayer is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thayer are

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

Jobs based in Thayer

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less70%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month4%

Jobs Thayer residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+170%

Jobs based in Thayer, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 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.