Work & commute · Victoria

Work & commute in Victoria, KS

Most working residents leave Victoria for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hays (49%), Big Creek (6%) and Herzog (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 470 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 441 Victoria residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Victoria.

441live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Victoria goes to work

Hays9.6 mi away

49%230

Victoria (in town)right here

6%29

Big Creek15.1 mi away

6%28

Herzog5.5 mi away

4%21

Buckeye16.5 mi away

3%12

Ellis22.7 mi away

2%8

Wichita126.5 mi away

2%8

Great Bend39 mi away

1%7

Topeka185.9 mi away

1%6

Catharine6.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%116

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

How far

How far Victoria commutes

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

57%

18%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Victoria is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Victoria are

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

Jobs based in Victoria

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Victoria residents hold

470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−16%

Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 158. 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.