Work & commute · Wildhorse

Work & commute in Wildhorse, KS

Most working residents leave Wildhorse for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hill City (41%), Hays (5%) and Hill City (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 97 Wildhorse residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wildhorse.

97live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wildhorse goes to work

Hill City8.2 mi away

41%40

Hays37 mi away

5%5

Hill City8 mi away

5%5

Oakley63.3 mi away

4%4

Damar5.9 mi away

2%2

Hoxie39.9 mi away

2%2

Cimarron111 mi away

2%2

WaKeeney23.7 mi away

2%2

Norton36.3 mi away

2%2

Garden City112.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%31

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

How far

How far Wildhorse commutes

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

47%

15%

33%

47%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wildhorse is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wildhorse are

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

Jobs based in Wildhorse

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wildhorse residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−89%

Jobs based in Wildhorse, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 8. 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.