Work & commute · Wabaunsee

Work & commute in Wabaunsee, KS

Most working residents leave Wabaunsee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Topeka (19%), Alma (10%) and Manhattan (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 260 Wabaunsee residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabaunsee.

260live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabaunsee goes to work

Topeka33.2 mi away

19%52

Alma6.9 mi away

10%28

Manhattan16.8 mi away

9%24

Wamego6.3 mi away

7%20

Wabaunsee (in town)right here

4%12

St. Marys14.1 mi away

4%10

Wichita113.5 mi away

3%7

Soldier34.7 mi away

3%7

Maple Hill15.1 mi away

2%6

Menoken28.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%100

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

How far

How far Wabaunsee commutes

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

24%

31%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabaunsee is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabaunsee are

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

Jobs based in Wabaunsee

176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wabaunsee residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+76%

Jobs based in Wabaunsee, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 176. 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.