Work & commute · Wellsville

Work & commute in Wellsville, KS

Most working residents leave Wellsville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Olathe (15%), Overland Park (8%) and Lenexa (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 935 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 853 Wellsville residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellsville.

853live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellsville goes to work

Olathe17.9 mi away

15%141

Wellsville (in town)right here

9%82

Overland Park24 mi away

8%76

Lenexa22.6 mi away

6%58

Ottawa12.9 mi away

6%53

Gardner10.3 mi away

4%41

Topeka39.8 mi away

4%37

Lawrence19.5 mi away

4%35

Kansas City33.3 mi away

4%34

Shawnee25.4 mi away

3%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%349

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

How far

How far Wellsville commutes

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

17%

44%

26%

13%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellsville is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellsville are

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

Jobs based in Wellsville

496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wellsville residents hold

935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Wellsville, 2013 → 2023: 405 → 496. 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.