Loomis-Parry House · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Augusta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Augusta report 2,076 jobs, and 3,942 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Augusta B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in seven stay in Augusta for work; outside it, Wichita is the main destination (42%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Augusta, in a few figures
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Augusta
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Augusta is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #91 of 151 in Kansas. Job access by car holds Augusta’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,919, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Augusta could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where people from Augusta work
Where Augusta clocks in
42% 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.
Augusta by day and by night
On a workday 3,357 residents head out to work, 585 work right here, and 1,491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Augusta on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The kinds of work in Augusta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 1,991 → 2,076. 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 Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Kansas
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Augusta workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,900 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Augusta
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.
Driving is how Augusta gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Augusta is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #106 of 151 in Kansas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.4% across Kansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,342 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Augusta households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Augusta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,200, Augusta ranks 1,781st of 2,822 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 199 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
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| 253 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 355 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,779 | Perryton TX | 7,850 | $70K | 12.4% | 0.3% | 38% | B− |
| 1,780 | Thompson CT | 9,566 | $94K | 5.9% | 7.9% | 10% | B− |
| 1,781 | Augusta KS | 9,073 | $65K | 11.9% | 4.2% | 15% | B− |
| 1,782 | Selah WA | 8,678 | $75K | 13.9% | 4.4% | 11% | B− |
| 1,783 | Coxsackie NY | 8,079 | $88K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 15% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,822 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Augusta, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work in the towns next to Augusta
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Augusta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta | – | B− | C+ | 24 min | $64,919 |
| Bruno Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 22 min | $103,138 |
| Augusta Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $84,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Augusta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Augusta: questions
What is the median household income in Augusta?
$64,919 (±$12,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Augusta?
11.9%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Augusta?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Augusta work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wichita (42%, 20 mi), El Dorado (7%, 10 mi), Andover (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Augusta walkable?
Augusta is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Augusta without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Augusta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Augusta
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.