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Work & commute in WaKeeney, KS

44% of WaKeeney’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are WaKeeney (43%), Hays (10%) and Quinter (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
44%
409 of 920 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 511 WaKeeney residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in WaKeeney.

511live here, work elsewhere
409live and work here
501work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where WaKeeney goes to work

CollyerQuinterNess CityHill CityWaKeeneyNortonColbyGoodlandHaysWichitaWaKeeneyBig CreekCollyerOgallahNevadaWaringHappyWaKeeneyHaysQuinterHill CityNess CityNortonGoodlandBig CreekWichitaWaKeeney
1
WaKeeney7.1 mi away
43%393
2
Hays29.3 mi away
10%94
3
Quinter22.2 mi away
3%23
4
Hill City30.9 mi away
2%21
5
WaKeeney (in town)right here
2%16
6
Ness City32.4 mi away
2%15
7
Norton63.2 mi away
1%12
8
Goodland103.4 mi away
1%12
9
Big Creek25.3 mi away
1%12
10
Wichita160.8 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%311

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

How far

How far WaKeeney commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

WaKeeney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in WaKeeney are

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

Jobs based in WaKeeney

910 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs WaKeeney residents hold

920 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−18%

Jobs based in WaKeeney, 2013 → 2023: 1,109 → 910. 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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