Work & commute · Wildcat

Work & commute in Wildcat, KS

Most working residents leave Wildcat for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Moline (12%), Howard (10%) and Wichita (9%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

23 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Wildcat residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildcat.

171live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildcat goes to work

Moline2.5 mi away

12%23

Howard8.5 mi away

10%19

Wichita59.2 mi away

9%18

Fredonia31 mi away

7%13

Arkansas City43.1 mi away

5%9

Winfield35.8 mi away

5%9

Eureka31.9 mi away

3%6

Liberty20.5 mi away

3%6

Independence35.9 mi away

3%5

Chanute52.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%82

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.

23%

30%

38%

23%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildcat is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildcat are

230 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

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wildcat residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+351%

Jobs based in Wildcat, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 230. 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.