Work & commute · Wano

Work & commute in Wano, KS

46% of Wano’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Francis (38%), Bird City (7%) and Goodland (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

290 of 632 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Wano residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wano.

342live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wano goes to work

St. Francis3.1 mi away

38%241

Wano (in town)right here

8%49

Bird City17.5 mi away

7%43

Goodland30.8 mi away

5%29

Hays149.1 mi away

3%17

Wichita282.7 mi away

3%16

Atwood43.4 mi away

2%11

Orlando8.9 mi away

2%10

Bird City18.3 mi away

2%10

Garden City135.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%198

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

How far

How far Wano commutes

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

44%

14%

10%

31%

44%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wano is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wano are

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

Jobs based in Wano

568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wano residents hold

632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Wano, 2013 → 2023: 588 → 568. 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.