Work & commute · West Cherry

Work & commute in West Cherry, KS

Most working residents leave West Cherry for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Independence (31%), Neodesha (6%) and Chanute (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 West Cherry residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Cherry.

109live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Cherry goes to work

Independence6.4 mi away

31%34

Neodesha8.2 mi away

6%7

Chanute26.9 mi away

6%7

Parsons21.1 mi away

5%6

Coffeyville19 mi away

5%5

Topeka119.3 mi away

4%4

Lenexa123.3 mi away

3%3

Humboldt36.7 mi away

2%2

Cherryvale5.9 mi away

2%2

Raytown, MO133.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%39

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

How far

How far West Cherry commutes

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

32%

28%

14%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Cherry is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Cherry are

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

Jobs based in West Cherry

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month69%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs West Cherry residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−12%

Jobs based in West Cherry, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 29. 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.