Work & commute · Vinita

Work & commute in Vinita, KS

Most working residents leave Vinita for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wichita (28%), Kingman (10%) and Hutchinson (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Vinita residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vinita.

96live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vinita goes to work

Wichita29 mi away

28%27

Kingman14 mi away

10%10

Hutchinson31.9 mi away

6%6

Goddard17.5 mi away

5%5

Norwich10.1 mi away

3%3

Garden City164.9 mi away

3%3

Lindsborg68.1 mi away

2%2

Cheney5.3 mi away

2%2

South Hutchinson29.3 mi away

2%2

Pratt49.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%34

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

How far

How far Vinita commutes

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

32%

44%

19%

5%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vinita is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vinita are

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

Jobs based in Vinita

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Vinita residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+157%

Jobs based in Vinita, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 36. 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.