Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, KS

Most working residents leave Walker for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Garnett (28%), Ottawa (9%) and Wichita (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 295 Walker residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

295live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Garnett7.5 mi away

28%82

Ottawa20.7 mi away

9%27

Wichita129.4 mi away

5%16

Paola22.3 mi away

5%14

Lenexa47.4 mi away

3%8

Olathe41.7 mi away

3%8

Arkansas City136.2 mi away

2%7

Overland Park45.2 mi away

2%7

Kansas City, MO63.2 mi away

2%7

Emporia58.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%117

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

How far

How far Walker commutes

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

31%

24%

19%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

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

Jobs based in Walker

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Walker residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−37%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 51. 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.