Work & commute · West Cooper

Work & commute in West Cooper, KS

Most working residents leave West Cooper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Stafford (20%), Pratt (10%) and St. John (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30 West Cooper residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Cooper.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Cooper goes to work

Stafford6.4 mi away

20%6

Pratt25.2 mi away

10%3

St. John7.3 mi away

7%2

Great Bend23 mi away

7%2

Hutchinson39.9 mi away

7%2

St. Francis207.4 mi away

3%1

Hoisington33.2 mi away

3%1

Ashland85.8 mi away

3%1

Cheney55.1 mi away

3%1

Winfield106.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%10

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

How far

How far West Cooper commutes

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

27%

17%

30%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Cooper is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Cooper are

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

Jobs based in West Cooper

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs West Cooper residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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.