Bunker Hill has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Bunker Hill has 17 jobs, against 30 working residents. Only 7% stay in Bunker Hill for work; outside it, Russell is the main destination (13%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bunker Hill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95 people are in Bunker Hill on a workday afternoon, 12% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Bunker Hill ends
Where Bunker Hill clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Bunker Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bunker Hill, 2014 → 2024: 18 → 17. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bunker Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Bunker Hill spends getting to work: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bunker Hill workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bunker Hill
About 30% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Bunker Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Bunker Hill?
$70,625 (±$15,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bunker Hill?
29.6%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bunker Hill?
39 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bunker Hill work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Russell (13%, 8 mi), Hays (10%, 34 mi), Ellsworth (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bunker Hill 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 Bunker Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bunker Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.