Work & commute · Westmoreland

Work & commute in Westmoreland, KS

Most working residents leave Westmoreland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (23%), Onaga (9%) and Topeka (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

34 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 279 Westmoreland residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmoreland.

279live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmoreland goes to work

Manhattan17.5 mi away

23%71

Westmoreland (in town)right here

11%34

Onaga14.6 mi away

9%29

Topeka45.7 mi away

9%27

Wamego14.1 mi away

4%14

Olsburg11.1 mi away

3%9

Holton36.7 mi away

3%8

Junction City34.5 mi away

2%6

Salina75.8 mi away

2%5

Wichita128.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%105

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

How far

How far Westmoreland commutes

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

14%

49%

21%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmoreland is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmoreland are

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

Jobs based in Westmoreland

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Westmoreland residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+97%

Jobs based in Westmoreland, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 618. 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.