Work & commute · Yates Center

Work & commute in Yates Center, KS

About one in 5 of Yates Center’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Iola (10%), Humboldt (6%) and Chanute (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

134 of 647 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 513 Yates Center residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yates Center.

513live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yates Center goes to work

Yates Center (in town)right here

21%134

Iola19.8 mi away

10%66

Humboldt17.8 mi away

6%39

Chanute20.9 mi away

5%33

Burlington22.5 mi away

4%29

Wichita87.9 mi away

4%25

Arkansas City89.2 mi away

3%20

Topeka80.7 mi away

3%18

Emporia44 mi away

2%15

Lawrence80 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%256

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

How far

How far Yates Center commutes

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

23%

32%

37%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yates Center is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yates Center are

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

Jobs based in Yates Center

434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Yates Center residents hold

647 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+9%

Jobs based in Yates Center, 2013 → 2023: 398 → 434. 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.