Work & commute · Washington

Work & commute in Washington, KS

Most working residents leave Washington for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Goodland (61%), Burlington (4%) and Sharon Springs (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 23 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 23 Washington residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington.

23live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washington goes to work

Goodland8.4 mi away

61%14

Burlington, CO38.1 mi away

4%1

Sharon Springs31.8 mi away

4%1

Garden City101 mi away

4%1

Emporia295.5 mi away

4%1

Wichita254.2 mi away

4%1

Holdrege, NE138.8 mi away

4%1

Kearney, NE161.7 mi away

4%1

Austin, TX660.1 mi away

4%1

Belleville210.4 mi away

4%1

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

How far

How far Washington commutes

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

61%

30%

61%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington are

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

Jobs based in Washington

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities92%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Washington residents hold

23 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+178%

Jobs based in Washington, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 25. 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.