Work & commute · Wallace

Work & commute in Wallace, KS

Most working residents leave Wallace for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sharon Springs (48%), Weskan (8%) and Sharon Springs (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 61 Wallace residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallace.

61live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallace goes to work

Sharon Springs11.3 mi away

48%30

Weskan22.6 mi away

8%5

Sharon Springs9.9 mi away

6%4

Oakley40.4 mi away

5%3

Hill City96.7 mi away

3%2

Weskan20.5 mi away

3%2

Burlington, CO43.2 mi away

2%1

Leoti36.7 mi away

2%1

Colby39.7 mi away

2%1

Goodland26.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%12

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

How far

How far Wallace commutes

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

23%

42%

21%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallace is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallace are

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

Jobs based in Wallace

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Wallace residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+160%

Jobs based in Wallace, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 13. 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.