Photo: Palbert01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Codell has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 6 jobs in Codell, and 18 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Codell for work; outside it, Plainville is the main destination (33%, 8 miles). For 23% of workers, the job is at home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Codell by day and by night
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Codell on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 the trip to work from Codell ends
Where Codell clocks in
33% 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.
Codell makes things: 83% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Codell, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. 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 Codell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Codell
of Codell workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 23% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Codell
About 17% 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 Codell: questions
What is the median household income in Codell?
$91,023 (±$59,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Codell?
17.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Codell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plainville (33%, 8 mi), Hays (11%, 23 mi), Township 11 (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Codell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Codell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Codell
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.