Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, KS

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Kinsley (8%), Lewis (7%) and Dodge City (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

27 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 174 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

174live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Kinsley8.3 mi away

8%16

Lewis1.4 mi away

7%14

Dodge City43.2 mi away

7%14

Wayne (in town)right here

6%13

Wichita106.2 mi away

4%9

Hays64.1 mi away

3%7

North Brown7.5 mi away

3%7

Pawnee19.2 mi away

3%6

Larned18.1 mi away

2%4

Great Bend37.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%107

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

29%

15%

22%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

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

Jobs based in Wayne

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−21%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 161. 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.