Photo: Cindy at City of Coffeyville · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Coffeyville trail those of 92% of U.S. towns
Coffeyville grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 21.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.3% across Kansas. 2% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Coffeyville, in brief
Coffeyville is where the jobs are
Coffeyville has 5,870 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Coffeyville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Coffeyville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coffeyville is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #136 of 151 in Kansas. Unemployment holds Coffeyville’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($45,670, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coffeyville could be anywhere from D to C.
A workday in Coffeyville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,709 residents head out to work, 1,408 work right here, and 4,462 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Coffeyville on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Coffeyville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coffeyville workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,433 commuters (the 2% 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.
The towns that send workers to Coffeyville
Where Coffeyville clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Coffeyville: what the 5,870 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coffeyville, 2014 → 2024: 6,644 → 5,870. 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 Coffeyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Coffeyville
About 29% 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.
Coffeyville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coffeyville is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #25 of 151 in Kansas. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,502 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). 13.0% of Coffeyville households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Coffeyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400, Coffeyville ranks 2,586th of 2,981 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 205 | Tecumseh Township KS | 7,829 | $110K | 2.7% | 1.2% | 7% | A+ |
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| 259 | Eudora Township KS | 7,870 | $119K | 4.6% | 2.3% | 12% | A |
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| 359 | Eudora KS | 6,506 | $118K | 4.9% | 2.9% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,584 | Fayetteville TN | 7,068 | $49K | 16.9% | 5.7% | 34% | C− |
| 2,585 | Demopolis AL | 6,641 | $35K | 26.0% | 1.7% | 32% | C− |
| 2,586 | Coffeyville KS | 8,460 | $46K | 21.1% | 3.2% | 45% | C− |
| 2,587 | Lawrence Township PA | 7,309 | $62K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 24% | C− |
| 2,588 | Astoria OR | 9,838 | $68K | 16.8% | 5.3% | 35% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Coffeyville, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
Work in the towns next to Coffeyville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coffeyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffeyville | – | C− | A− | 17 min | $45,670 |
| Parker Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 19 min | $93,111 |
| Cherokee Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Fawn Creek Township | under 2% | D | D− | 21 min | $65,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherokee Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coffeyville’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 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 Coffeyville: questions
What is the median household income in Coffeyville?
$45,670 (±$8,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coffeyville?
21.1%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coffeyville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coffeyville work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Independence (7%, 14 mi), Caney (3%, 16 mi), Parsons (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Coffeyville walkable?
Coffeyville is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coffeyville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coffeyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coffeyville
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. 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.