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
6%
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
8%
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

VictoriaEllisRussellHaysGreat BendWichitaTopekaBuckeyeBig CreekFreedomHerzogCatharineMunjorHaysBig CreekHerzogBuckeyeEllisWichitaGreat BendTopekaCatharineVictoria
1
Hays9.6 mi away
49%230
2
Victoria (in town)right here
6%29
3
Big Creek15.1 mi away
6%28
4
Herzog5.5 mi away
4%21
5
Buckeye16.5 mi away
3%12
6
Ellis22.7 mi away
2%8
7
Wichita126.5 mi away
2%8
8
Great Bend39 mi away
1%7
9
Topeka185.9 mi away
1%6
10
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%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.

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