Work & commute · Wetmore

Work & commute in Wetmore, KS

Most working residents leave Wetmore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seneca (23%), Topeka (9%) and Sabetha (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 172 Wetmore residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wetmore.

172live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wetmore goes to work

Seneca19.6 mi away

23%40

Topeka42 mi away

9%15

Sabetha19 mi away

5%9

Onaga21.6 mi away

5%8

Holton12.2 mi away

4%7

Berwick21.8 mi away

3%6

Hiawatha20.8 mi away

3%5

Overland Park79.1 mi away

3%5

St. Joseph, MO53.3 mi away

3%5

Westmoreland36.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%70

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

How far

How far Wetmore commutes

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

56%

20%

22%

2%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wetmore is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wetmore are

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

Jobs based in Wetmore

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month6%

Jobs Wetmore residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−48%

Jobs based in Wetmore, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 16. 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.