Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Agra commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Agra has 16 jobs for 101 working residents. Hardly any stay in Agra for work; outside it, Phillipsburg is the main destination (28%, 11 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, where Kansas has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Agra on a workday afternoon
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Agra on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Agra’s working residents head each day
Where Agra clocks in
28% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Agra: what the 16 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Agra, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 16. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Agra’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Agra
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Agra workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Agra
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Agra: questions
What is the median household income in Agra?
$48,750 (±$23,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Agra?
27.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Agra?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Agra work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillipsburg (28%, 11 mi), Phillipsburg Township (11%, 12 mi), Hays (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Agra without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Agra, from the people who make the trip.
More of Agra
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.