Work & commute · Tioga

Work & commute in Tioga, KS

Most working residents leave Tioga for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chanute (30%), Parsons (9%) and St. Paul (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 376 Tioga residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tioga.

376live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tioga goes to work

Chanute4.3 mi away

30%114

Parsons28 mi away

9%34

St. Paul19.4 mi away

5%20

Erie14.1 mi away

4%14

Pittsburg44.8 mi away

4%14

Humboldt6.4 mi away

3%13

Iola14.4 mi away

3%13

Olathe86.5 mi away

3%10

Independence37.4 mi away

2%9

Chetopa50.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%130

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

How far

How far Tioga commutes

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

35%

25%

18%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tioga is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tioga are

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

Jobs based in Tioga

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Tioga residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Tioga, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 81. 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.