Work & commute · Weir

Work & commute in Weir, KS

Most working residents leave Weir for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburg (27%), Columbus (9%) and Girard (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 232 Weir residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weir.

232live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weir goes to work

Pittsburg8.3 mi away

27%65

Columbus10.3 mi away

9%22

Girard14.3 mi away

5%12

Ross6.3 mi away

4%9

Baxter Springs20.1 mi away

3%8

Parsons27 mi away

3%8

Joplin, MO22.1 mi away

3%8

Frontenac11.1 mi away

3%7

Fort Scott36 mi away

3%6

Weir (in town)right here

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%87

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

How far

How far Weir commutes

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

41%

30%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weir is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weir are

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

Jobs based in Weir

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Weir residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+8%

Jobs based in Weir, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 115. 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.