Work & commute · Weskan

Work & commute in Weskan, KS

Most working residents leave Weskan for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sharon Springs (37%), Weskan (13%) and Sharon Springs (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

17 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Weskan residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weskan.

109live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weskan goes to work

Sharon Springs10 mi away

37%47

Weskan2.3 mi away

13%16

Sharon Springs10.5 mi away

9%11

Oakley60.9 mi away

5%6

Goodland34 mi away

2%3

Harrison21.7 mi away

2%3

Colby58.8 mi away

2%2

Garden City86.2 mi away

2%2

Wichita262.3 mi away

2%2

Garden City81.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%32

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

How far

How far Weskan commutes

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

18%

47%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weskan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weskan are

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

Jobs based in Weskan

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Weskan residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+363%

Jobs based in Weskan, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 111. 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.