Work & commute · Valley Brook

Work & commute in Valley Brook, KS

Most working residents leave Valley Brook for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (22%), Lyndon (11%) and Ottawa (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

76 of 690 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 614 Valley Brook residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Brook.

614live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Brook goes to work

Topeka29 mi away

22%153

Lyndon0.7 mi away

11%73

Ottawa22.1 mi away

7%47

Lawrence32.4 mi away

5%34

Overland Park56.2 mi away

4%28

Olathe49.5 mi away

4%26

Wichita111.3 mi away

3%19

Osage City8.1 mi away

2%13

Emporia31.8 mi away

2%13

Kansas City61.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%273

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

How far

How far Valley Brook commutes

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

16%

15%

40%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Brook is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Brook are

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

Jobs based in Valley Brook

629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Valley Brook residents hold

690 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−5%

Jobs based in Valley Brook, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 629. 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.