Work & commute · Wildcat

Work & commute in Wildcat, KS

Most working residents leave Wildcat for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Manhattan (49%), Topeka (9%) and Riley (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 Wildcat residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildcat.

294live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildcat goes to work

Manhattan6.3 mi away

49%147

Topeka55.6 mi away

9%27

Riley7.9 mi away

7%22

Leonardville12 mi away

3%8

Wildcat (in town)right here

2%7

Overland Park110.5 mi away

2%6

Grant3.6 mi away

2%6

Junction City17.1 mi away

2%5

Wamego20.9 mi away

1%4

Clay Center24.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%65

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

How far

How far Wildcat commutes

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

57%

17%

22%

57%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildcat is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildcat are

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

Jobs based in Wildcat

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wildcat residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+42%

Jobs based in Wildcat, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 159. 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.