Alexander has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Alexander; the top destination outside it is La Crosse (31%, 14 miles). Employers in Alexander report 2 jobs, against 35 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Alexander: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14 people are in Alexander on a workday afternoon, 70% 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 people from Alexander work
Where Alexander clocks in
31% of workers
6% 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 Alexander: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexander, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 2. 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 Alexander’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Alexander
of Alexander workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far Alexander’s workers travel
About 29% 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 Alexander: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alexander?
16.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alexander work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (31%, 14 mi), La Crosse-Brookdale Township (9%, 11 mi), Great Bend (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alexander without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexander, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexander
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.