Work & commute · Walnut

Work & commute in Walnut, KS

Most working residents leave Walnut for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (48%), Smolan (5%) and Lindsborg (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 221 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 219 Walnut residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut.

219live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut goes to work

Salina7.1 mi away

48%107

Smolan6.9 mi away

5%12

Lindsborg13.3 mi away

5%10

Liberty5.2 mi away

4%8

Wichita72.9 mi away

3%7

McPherson23.9 mi away

3%6

Hays97 mi away

1%3

McPherson26.2 mi away

1%3

Garden City187.4 mi away

1%3

Smoky Hill9.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%59

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

How far

How far Walnut commutes

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

62%

10%

20%

62%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut are

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

Jobs based in Walnut

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Walnut residents hold

221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+45%

Jobs based in Walnut, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 87. 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.