Work & commute · Toronto

Work & commute in Toronto, KS

Most working residents leave Toronto for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Yates Center (11%), Chanute (8%) and Wichita (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 96 Toronto residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toronto.

96live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toronto goes to work

Yates Center11.7 mi away

11%11

Chanute28 mi away

8%8

Wichita76.8 mi away

6%6

Pittsburg73.5 mi away

5%5

Humboldt28.1 mi away

4%4

Burlington29.5 mi away

4%4

Iola31.3 mi away

4%4

Toronto (in town)right here

3%3

Lawrence88.4 mi away

3%3

Joplin, MO93.9 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%48

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

How far

How far Toronto commutes

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

20%

30%

47%

3%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toronto is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Toronto are

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

Jobs based in Toronto

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Toronto residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−36%

Jobs based in Toronto, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 25. 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.