Work & commute · White Cloud

Work & commute in White Cloud, KS

Most working residents leave White Cloud for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Highland (14%), St. Joseph (14%) and Seneca (10%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 50 White Cloud residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Cloud.

50live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Cloud goes to work

Highland8.1 mi away

14%7

St. Joseph, MO29.4 mi away

14%7

Seneca41.9 mi away

10%5

Wathena24.6 mi away

6%3

Hiawatha15.2 mi away

6%3

Atchison29.7 mi away

6%3

Kansas City, MO70.9 mi away

6%3

Denton16.8 mi away

4%2

Topeka68.3 mi away

4%2

Kansas City65.9 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%14

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

How far

How far White Cloud commutes

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

20%

25%

33%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Cloud is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Cloud are

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

Jobs based in White Cloud

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs White Cloud residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−22%

Jobs based in White Cloud, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 7. 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.