With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Bucyrus works elsewhere
Bucyrus has 18 jobs; 87 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bucyrus; the top destination outside it is Overland Park (22%, 12 miles). Working from home is the commute for 46% of workers; Kansas has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bucyrus on a workday
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Bucyrus on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 places Bucyrus commutes to
Where Bucyrus clocks in
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Bucyrus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bucyrus, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 18. 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 Bucyrus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bucyrus
of Bucyrus workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 46% 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 Bucyrus
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 Bucyrus: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bucyrus?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bucyrus work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Overland Park (22%, 12 mi), Olathe (16%, 13 mi), Spring Hill (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bucyrus 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 Bucyrus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bucyrus
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.