Photo: Bhall87 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Bushong
Hardly any work in Bushong; the top destination outside it is Emporia (30%, 17 miles). For 70% of workers, the job is at home; Kansas has 12%. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, next to 20 for Kansas and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bushong for work, and who comes in
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Bushong on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Bushong work
Where Bushong clocks in
30% of workers
30% 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.
Getting to work from Bushong takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bushong workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 commuters (the 70% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bushong
About 50% 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 Bushong: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bushong?
15.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bushong?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 70% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bushong work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Emporia (30%, 17 mi), Wichita (30%, 89 mi), Overland Park (20%, 86 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bushong 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 Bushong, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bushong
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.