Work & commute · West Hibbard

Work & commute in West Hibbard, KS

Most working residents leave West Hibbard for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lakin (32%), Garden City (14%) and Denver (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 21 West Hibbard residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Hibbard.

21live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Hibbard goes to work

Lakin18.4 mi away

32%7

Garden City34.3 mi away

14%3

Denver, CO215.5 mi away

5%1

Deerfield20.8 mi away

5%1

Lindsborg205.5 mi away

5%1

Ulysses41.1 mi away

5%1

Atchison352 mi away

5%1

Ivanhoe38.3 mi away

5%1

Garden City30.5 mi away

5%1

Beaver39.2 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%4

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

How far

How far West Hibbard commutes

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

45%

36%

14%

5%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Hibbard is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Hibbard are

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

Jobs based in West Hibbard

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Hibbard residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+225%

Jobs based in West Hibbard, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 13. 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.