Work & commute · Zenda

Work & commute in Zenda, KS

Most working residents leave Zenda for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cunningham (17%), Kingman (17%) and Hutchinson (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 30 Zenda residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zenda.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zenda goes to work

Cunningham16.1 mi away

17%5

Kingman16.8 mi away

17%5

Hutchinson47.5 mi away

10%3

Wichita53.9 mi away

7%2

Spivey6.4 mi away

3%1

Attica14.2 mi away

3%1

Moundridge67 mi away

3%1

Valley Center56.8 mi away

3%1

Pratt31.8 mi away

3%1

Arkansas City73 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%9

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

How far

How far Zenda commutes

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

10%

40%

20%

30%

10%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zenda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zenda are

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

Jobs based in Zenda

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Zenda residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−69%

Jobs based in Zenda, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 27. 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.