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Work & commute in Kansas, OK

Most working residents leave Kansas for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Siloam Springs (8%), Tulsa (6%) and Pryor Creek (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
14 of 253 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Kansas residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kansas.

239live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
216work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Kansas goes to work

Siloam SpringsBentonvilleKansasJayWest Siloam SpringsPryor CreekCatoosaTahlequahTulsaOklahoma CityTwin OaksLeachFlint CreekPeggsKenwoodSiloam SpringsTulsaPryor CreekJayCatoosaOklahoma CityBentonvilleTahlequahWest Siloam SpringsKansas
1
Siloam Springs, AR14.5 mi away
8%21
2
Kansas (in town)right here
6%14
3
Tulsa62.3 mi away
6%14
4
Pryor Creek29.8 mi away
5%13
5
Jay15.3 mi away
5%12
6
Catoosa54.8 mi away
5%12
7
Oklahoma City160.9 mi away
5%12
8
Bentonville, AR32.6 mi away
4%9
9
Tahlequah22.9 mi away
4%9
10
West Siloam Springs10.8 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%130

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

How far

How far Kansas commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kansas is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kansas are

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

Jobs based in Kansas

230 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Kansas residents hold

253 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−20%

Jobs based in Kansas, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 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.

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