Work & commute · Wilburn

Work & commute in Wilburn, KS

Most working residents leave Wilburn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dodge City (26%), Bucklin (22%) and Ford (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 23 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23 Wilburn residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilburn.

23live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilburn goes to work

Dodge City17.4 mi away

26%6

Bucklin26 mi away

22%5

Ford21 mi away

9%2

Minneola7.3 mi away

4%1

Mullinville34.9 mi away

4%1

Ashland29.4 mi away

4%1

Greensburg45.1 mi away

4%1

Hays103.4 mi away

4%1

Maize145.9 mi away

4%1

Lenexa304.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%3

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

How far

How far Wilburn commutes

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

39%

17%

4%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilburn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilburn are

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

Jobs based in Wilburn

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Wilburn residents hold

23 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+18%

Jobs based in Wilburn, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 20. 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.