Work & commute · Vassar

Work & commute in Vassar, KS

Most working residents leave Vassar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (19%), Lyndon (12%) and Ottawa (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Vassar residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vassar.

239live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vassar goes to work

Topeka27.1 mi away

19%47

Lyndon4.8 mi away

12%30

Ottawa19.1 mi away

7%18

Overland Park52.2 mi away

6%15

Junction3.4 mi away

5%11

Olathe45.5 mi away

4%10

Emporia35.9 mi away

3%8

Wichita115.4 mi away

3%8

Lawrence28.4 mi away

3%7

Mission26 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%83

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

How far

How far Vassar commutes

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

22%

16%

38%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vassar is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vassar are

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

Jobs based in Vassar

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less53%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Vassar residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+800%

Jobs based in Vassar, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 45. 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.